trouble and strife

trouble and strife
• Rhyming Slang for 'wife'.

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  • trouble and strife — ► trouble and strife Brit. rhyming slang one s wife. Main Entry: ↑trouble …   English terms dictionary

  • trouble and strife — (rhyming sl) Wife • • • Main Entry: ↑trouble * * * Brit., rhyming slang wife …   Useful english dictionary

  • trouble and strife Brit. — trouble and strife Brit. rhyming slang wife. → trouble …   English new terms dictionary

  • trouble and strife — I Australian Slang the wife II Cockney Rhyming Slang Wife I m taking my trouble dancing tonight …   English dialects glossary

  • trouble (and strife) — n British a wife. A piece of cockney rhyming slang which is still in (mainly jocular, ironic or self conscious) use; it is now generally shortened simply to trouble by Londoners …   Contemporary slang

  • Trouble and strife and billy lids — wife and kids …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • trouble and strife and billy lids — Australian Slang wife and kids …   English dialects glossary

  • trouble and strife — noun Wife …   Wiktionary

  • Trouble and strife — the wife …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • trouble and strife — Meaning Wife. Origin Cockney rhyming slang …   Meaning and origin of phrases

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