rhyming slang

English

Noun

Examples
bees and honey (money)

rhyming slang (usually uncountable, plural rhyming slangs)

Any system of slang in which a word is replaced with a phrase that rhymes with it; the rhyming word often being dropped.

Derived terms

See also

Appendix:Cockney rhyming slang
Appendix:Australian rhyming slang

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