Iliff-King phrasebook

Origin

From a Steve Bell cartoon in The Guardian around the time of the Falklands War

Collector

Mark – 1980s
Mark Iliff – owner

Notes

Follows the principles of Cockney rhyming slang, eg:
look = butcher’s [hook]
suit = whistle [& flute]
hair = Barnet [Fair]
money = bread [& honey]
mate = china [plate]
prick = Hampton [Wick]
arse = Khyber [Pass]
head = loaf [of bread]
fart = raspberry [tart]
wig = syrup [of figs]
…though I disdain to include berk!
—M