n. A playful speech device typical of the Cockney speech of the London area. A word is replaced by a rhyming phrase, which in many cases is then reduced to its initial (non-rhyming) element. For example, head is replaced by loaf of bread, which is then...

Rhyming slang is a form of slang in which a word is referred to by another word or term that rhymes with it. Rhyming slang exists to an extent in many languages. In English, rhyming slang is strongly associated with Cockney speech from the East End of...