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词组 cockle and hen
释义 cockle and hen
noun
ten shillings; ten pounds; in betting, odds of 10–1; in prison, a ten year sentence; in Bingo (also House and Tombola), the number ten UK, 1960
Rhyming slang; usually as “cockle,” which is a slovening of “cockerel,” Other variants include “cockle,” “cock and hen,” “cocks” and “en” and “cockun.”
  • — Peter Wright, Cockney Dialect & Slang, p. 109, 1981
  • — John McCririck, John McCririck’s World of Betting, p. 59, 1991
  • — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 38, 1996
  • I gives him a tenner and that. Gives him a cockle, should I say. — Kevin Sampson, Clubland, p. 164, 2002
  • A jacks is £5; a cockun (cock and hen) £10[.] — Guardian, 30 October 2002
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