"rhyming slang" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rhyming slangs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s|head=rhyming slang}} rhyming slang (usually uncountable, plural rhyming slangs)
  1. Any system of slang in which a word is replaced with a phrase that rhymes with it; the rhyming word often being dropped. Wikipedia link: rhyming slang Tags: uncountable, usually Derived forms: Cockney rhyming slang, Australian rhyming slang
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