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Rhyming Slang: A distinctly British and creative code that's definitely not 'brown bread'

Rhyming Slang: A distinctly British and creative code that's definitely not 'brown bread'

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 Would you Adam and Eve it? Suzanne tutors her 'old China' Muriel in a coded language that is full of wit, inventions and surprises. Rooted in old street cant and secret words identified in the 1850s, rhyming slang expresses the earthiness and supple playfulness inherent in the ways in which the British use their language. Does a French equivalent exist? And what's rhyming slang for Garlic & Pearls?

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