"Ruby Murray" meaning "curry"

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"Ruby Murray" is a piece of Cockney rhyming slang used to refer to a curry.

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Label Occurrences
"Ruby Murray" meaning "curry" canonical 1

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Statements (27)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cockney rhyming slang term ⓘ
category British slang ⓘ
food-related slang ⓘ
culturalAssociation British pub culture ⓘ
East End of London ⓘ
dialect Cockney English ⓘ
linked to: Cockney
distinguishedFrom Ruby Murray (Northern Irish singer) ⓘ
etymology named after singer Ruby Murray ⓘ
exampleUsage "Fancy a Ruby Murray tonight?" ⓘ
grammaticalCategory noun phrase ⓘ
hasLiteralReferent Ruby Murray (person) ⓘ
language English ⓘ
meaning a meal of curry ⓘ
partOf Cockney rhyming slang ⓘ
refersTo curry ⓘ
register informal ⓘ
rhymeWith curry ⓘ
semanticField food ⓘ
shortenedForm Ruby ⓘ
timePeriodOfOrigin mid 20th century ⓘ
typicalContext going out for a meal ⓘ
ordering food ⓘ
usedBy speakers familiar with Cockney rhyming slang ⓘ
usedIn London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

United Kingdom ⓘ
wordFormationType eponym ⓘ
rhyme-based slang ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cockney → hasRhymingSlangExample → "Ruby Murray" meaning "curry" ⓘ