EVERYONE'S familiar with some basic cockney rhyming slang – but how well do you know the language's Dicky Birds?

Meghan Markle's American staff have enjoyed some of the London phrases she's picked up during her time in the capital, but it's unlikely she'll be referring to her staircase as the 'apple and pears' in her new multi-million pound mansion.

The quirky dialect first started in the East End of London in the nineteenth century and some of its terms have entered widespread usage all over Britain.

So how well do you know cockney rhyming slang?

Read our A to Z quiz (with some helpful clues) below and, when you're ready, have a butcher's at the answers at the bottom.

1. Adam and Eve

2. Barney Rubble

3. Cat and Mouse

4. Dustbin Lid

5. Eggs and Kippers

6. Fridge Freezer

7. Giraffe

8. Half Inch

9. Inspector Morse

10. Jazz Band

11. Kevin Keegan

12. Lemonade

13. Moby Dick

14. Needle and Pin

15. Oxo Cube

16. Pete Tong

17. Quentin Tarantino

18. Rusty Nail

19. Soup and Gravy

20. Trouble and Strife

21. Uri Geller

22. Vindaloo

23. Whistle and Flute

24. Malcolm X

25. Yogi Bear

26. Zippy and Bungle

Answers

  1. Believe
  2. Trouble
  3. House
  4. Kid
  5. Slippers
  6. Geezer
  7. Laugh
  8. Pinch
  9. Sauce
  10. Hand
  11. Vegan
  12. Spade
  13. Sick
  14. Gin
  15. Tube
  16. Wrong
  17. Vino
  18. Jail
  19. Navy
  20. Wife
  21. Stella
  22. Clue
  23. Suit
  24. Text
  25. Hair
  26. Jungle

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