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Quiz: How good is your cockney rhyming slang?

Quiz: How good is your cockney rhyming slang?

Cockney rhyming slang originated on the streets of East London and became a staple part of British popular culture.

Despite being around for more than 150 years, it seems the dialect is dying out.

Research by East Village E20 suggested that knowledge of the slang has dropped by 50 per cent in the last four decades.

So take our quiz below and see how well you know it!


How did you get on? Let us know in the comments...

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