With the release of East End drama "Last Orders", we thought it was Harry Lime to celebrate film stars who feature in the Cockney rhyming slang lexicon. Feel free to use them the next time you're in Shoreditch or coming out of a Guy Ritchie movie...
The Cockney rhyming slang is listed first, with the meaning in brackets.
Betty Grable (Table)
Bob Hope (Dope - ie cannabis)
Brad Pitt (S**t)
Chevy Chase (Face)
Dame Judi Dench (Stench)
Donald Duck (Luck)
Nelson Eddys (Cash)
Forrest Gump (Dump)
Fred Astaire (Chair)
Fred McMurrays (Worries)
George Raft (Draught)
Gregory Peck (Neck)
Jack Palance (Dance)
Jane Fonda (Wander)
John Cleese (Cheese)
John Wayne (Train)
Lee Marvin (Starvin')
Lillian Gish (Fish)
Liza Minnelli (Telly)
Mickey Mouse (House)
Omar Sharif (Grief)
Penelope Cruz (Booze)
Randolph Scott (Spot)
Raquel Welch (Belch)
Reg Varney (Sandwich)
Ruby Murray (Curry)
Russell Crowe (Dough)
Sigourney Weaver (Beaver)
Steve McQueens (Jeans)
Vincent Price (Ice)
Winona Ryder (Cider)
Oh, and if you didn't have a scooby what the article's title meant, it's Cockney rhyming slang for flicks (Stevie Nicks).
"Last Orders" opens in UK cinemas on Friday 11th January 2002.
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