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rhyming slang

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rhyming slang [uncountable] British English
SL a way of talking, used especially by cockneys (=people from east London), in which you use words or phrases that rhyme with the words you mean, instead of using the normal words. For example, 'plates of meat' is rhyming slang for 'feet'.
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