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rhyming slang

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rhyming slang

–noun
1. a form of slang in which a rhyming word or phrase is substituted for the word intended, as Kate and Sidney for steak and kidney or khaki rocks for army socks.
2. a further removal from the original word intended by ellipsis of the rhyming part, as titfer for tit for tat for hat.

Origin:
1855–60
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rhy·ming slang   (rī'mĭng)
n.  Slang in which a word is replaced by a word or phrase that rhymes with it, as kiss by hit or miss.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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