Chapter 10 Question 11_D'Arpa

Match some Cockney rhyming slang expressions to the items they refer to:

1. Drip dry -cry
2. In the mood- food
3. Insects and ants- pants
4. Orchestra stalls- balls (testicles)
5. Oxford scholar- dollar
6. Strike me dead- bread
7. Ship in full sail- ale

Now construct your own version of Cockney rhyming slang for the following words:

1. Chair- Bears beware (Chairs should be sturdy so that people like Goldilocks will not break them)
2. House- Government louse (Government officials that suck money from our paychecks to collect taxes)
3. Coat-Cashmere goat (Some coats are cashmere which we get from goats)
4. Eggs- Hen's keg (Kegs hold things just as eggs contain young fowl)
5. Pencil- Hansel's stencil (Hansel's tool for drawing stencils)

This was not in the book but I thought of one additional one:

• spouse (female)- lady of the house
• spouse (male)- master of the house