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Cockney Rhyming Slang:T

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T-rex
 T-rex = text (SMS, send a message on a mobile phone- the final 't' is often not pronounced)


T-rex- the name of a dinosaur and a 1970s pop group.
 
Taters in the mould
 Taters in the mould = cold ('taters' = potatoes)
 
Tea leaf
 Tea leaf = thief
This can also be used as a verb 'to tea leaf', meaning 'steal'.
 
Ten eight
 Ten eight = great
 
Terry Waite
 Terry Waite = late
Terry Waite was taken hostage in the Middle East.
 
Thomas Edison
 Thomas Edison = medicine
Thomas Edison was a famous inventor.
 
Tin bath
 Tin bath = laugh (noun- have a tin bath- the Cockneys often pronounce an unvoiced 'th' as 'f' so it does rhyme)
 
Tin tack
 Tin tack = the sack (to lose your job)
 
Titfer
 Titfer = hat (derived from the expression 'tit for tat')
 
Tod Sloane
 Tod Sloane = alone
'I'm on my tod'
 
Tom Cruise
 Tom Cruise = booze (alcoholic drink)
 
Tom Hanks
 Tom Hanks = thanks
Tom Hanks is an actor.
 
Tom Thumb
 Tom Thumb = rum
Tom Thumb is a character in a children's book.
 
Tony Blair
 Tony Blair = hair
Tony Blair = nightmare
Tony Blair is a British politician
 
Top hat
 Top hat = prat (fool, idiot)
 
Trombone
 Trombone = phone
 
Trouble and strife
 Trouble and strife = wife
 
Two and eight
 Two and eight = state (poor condition, mess)
'This house is in a right two and eight.'

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