Cockney rhyming slang for ‘face’.
Boat race
Example Sentences
"face"
Etymology & History
Cockney rhyming slang for 'face'. From the famous annual Oxford-Cambridge boat race on the Thames, started 1829. 'Look at the boat on him!' comments on someone's face. Shows how British sporting events become cultural references in slang.
Word Details
📍
Region
London/Cockney
📅
Era
Modern
✓
Language
Mild
💬
Formality
Slang
Categories:
Learn Another Word
🔀 Shuffle & Discover
Anglotopia's Dictionary of British English 2nd Edition
British Slang from A to Zed
By Jonathan Thomas
📚 Over 2,000+ British Slang Definitions!