arnfjj t1_j0enqim wrote on December 16, 2022 at 2:14 AM Reply to My cousin died recently in an accident at the bakery.... by Random_puns Cockney rhyming slang: Apples and pears: stairs. Plates of meat: feet. Dog and bone: phone Bread and honey: money. When spoken, the rhyming word is omitted. so instead of saying “bread and honey“ they would simply say “bread.” Hence the term “bread” or “dough” to mean “money.” Permalink 2
arnfjj t1_j0enqim wrote
Reply to My cousin died recently in an accident at the bakery.... by Random_puns
Cockney rhyming slang:
When spoken, the rhyming word is omitted. so instead of saying “bread and honey“ they would simply say “bread.” Hence the term “bread” or “dough” to mean “money.”