(1) "Ruby Murray" is rhyming slang for "curry".

(2) In Cockney rhyming slang, 'apples and pears' means 'stairs'.

(3) In Cockney rhyming slang, you say 'apples and pears' to mean 'stairs'.

(4) Anne: In cockney rhyming slang what is tomfoolery?

(5) A tea leaf was a thief, in rhyming slang.

(6) I remember thinking that use of rhyming slang was going to help clear matters up in no time.

(7) I'd be doing rhyming slang if I didn't watch out.

(8) Read on, to learn more about Cockney rhyming slang.

(9) It sounds inoffensive but it's actually rhyming slang for something rude.

(10) English rhyming slang is gaining popularity throughout English speaking countries, especially among youngsters, with its obscurity and implicitness.

(11) Some rhyming slang only works in specific countries or regions where the local accent can rhyme in a way that would not normally work in other regions.

(12) Cockneys traditionally speak in a rhyming slang which supposedly originated among barrow boys who didn't want their customers to understand what they said to each other.

(13) A couple of hundred years ago, England sent its prisoners to Australia to live out their prison sentences. Many people say Strine rhyming slang is evidence of Australia's convict past!