RHYMING SLANG


Meaning of RHYMING SLANG in English

noun

: slang in which a word whose meaning is intended is replaced by a word or phrase that rhymes with it (as jimmygrant for immigrant ) or by part of a rhyming phrase (as turtles for turtle doves for gloves )

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.