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Thread #35579 Message #2423124
Posted By: The Walrus
27-Aug-08 - 05:14 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: song in rhyming slang
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: song in rhyming slang
If I might add further explanation to Pavane's post
"...My Dukes all ready to land..."
Dukes = Duke of Yorks = Forks - by extension Forks = Fingers
Dukes = Hands and (in context) = Fists
(Hence "Put up your Dukes" extended by usage to include "Duke it out")
Rhyming slang was also someimes applied to other slang terms,
For example:
Many older catters will remember the old 6d piece, the "Tanner". The name comes from the rhyming slang "Tanner and Skin" = thin
A "Thin" was a Victorian nickname for the 6d piece.
W