Bread and Honey

Bread and Honey

BREAD AND HONEY /bread and honey/
Noun London

Money.

Example Sentences

"Lend us some bread and honey, mate."
"I ain't got much bread and honey this week."

Etymology & History

Rhymes with "money". One of the oldest forms of Cockney rhyming slang, dating from the mid-1800s. Often shortened to just "bread".

Word Details

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Region
London/Cockney
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Era
Victorian
Language
Mild
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Formality
Slang
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