"dog and bone"
Portuguese translation: telefone
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| \"dog and bone\" telefone Explanation: telefone -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 mins (2007-03-24 12:52:38 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- “dog and bone” is Cockney for telephone http://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/slang/dog_and_bone http://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/ -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 10 mins (2007-03-24 12:55:49 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- Cockney - the type of "speech" (I wouldn't call it a language) used in East London Cockney rhyming - slang used instead of a word or phrase and which rhymes with it: In Cockney rhyming slang, 'apples and pears' means 'stairs'. |
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