Wife. Often shortened to “trouble”.
Trouble and strife
Example Sentences
"The trouble and strife wants me home."
"Better tell the trouble."
Etymology & History
Cockney rhyming slang for 'wife'. Victorian-era working-class East London humor about marriage. Often shortened to 'trouble'. 'The trouble and strife' or just 'the trouble' refers to one's wife. Self-deprecating humor characteristic of rhyming slang.
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Region
London/Cockney
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Era
Victorian
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Language
Mild
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Formality
Slang
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