POCKET COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG (HB)

Conventionally, a cockney is anyone born 'within the sound of Bow Bells' (St Mary-le-Bow church). Perhaps comedian Arthur Smith's definition is fairer: a cockney is simply a 'non-posh Londoner'. This pocket glossary provides a quick and easy reference to Cockney rhyming slang for the uninitiated, so they won’t be left scratching their loaf (‘loaf of bread’, i.e. head) and screwing up their boat race (face) in confusion.