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RHYMING SLANG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Slang that replaces words with rhyming words or expressions and then typically omits the rhyming component
Example:
Cockney rhyming slang
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("rhyming slang" is a kind of...):
argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))
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