When I use a mocking bird.

Autor: Aronson, Jeff
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Zdroj: BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition); 8/3/2002, Vol. 325 Issue 7358, p245, 1/3p
Abstrakt: Mentions the development of Cockney rhyming slang in London, England during the first half of the 19th century. Idea that the expressions and back slang were used by convicts as a secret language and was spread to Australia when convicts were deported; Origin of several words in the English language in rhyming slang, including dicky.
Databáze: Complementary Index