COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG

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Fred Smith was on his own.  His trouble and strife had gone to stay with her skin and blister, and had taken the saucepans with her. Fred had been celebrating the fact the night before with a few pints of pig's ear, and had come home absolutely Brahms and Liszt.  He was still in Uncle Ned, but the currant bun was already coming through the curtains, so he had a butcher's at the dickory dock to see how the bird-lime was. It was 10 o'clock.  He got up, found the Cape of Good Hope, and had a wash.  He put on some clean almonds, because the old ones pen and inked a bit. Then he put on his round the 'ouses and a clean Dicky Dirt and went down the apples to make himself some Rosy Lee.  He couldn't find the Rosy at first; he had to use his loaf a bit, but he found it in the end. After breakfast, he decided to get out the jam jar and go down the frog and toad to see an old china who lived round the Jonnie Homer, so he put his plates in his daisies and his pipe in his north and south, ran a comb through his Barnet, took his tit fo' and went out.

 

First find the unusual words, then – if necessary - try to fill in the second word of the pair. After that, find the rhyming word that would make sense in the context. (some of these Cockney Rhyming words may even be found in your dictionary)