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English to Cockney letter P

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Paddy Tea Caddy

Paedophile (from the TV series South Park) Cousin Kyle

Pager John Major
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Pain Michael Caine

Pain Frasier Crane
He's a right Frasier

Pants Insects and Ants

Pants Adam and the Ants
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Pants Adam's

Pants Pirates Of Penzance

Paper (newspaper) Linen Draper

Para (paranoid) Bow and Arra
You look bow and arra

Pardon Osama bin Laden
Alternatives
Beg your Osama

Park Plimsoll Mark

Park Light and Dark

Park Noah's Ark
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Parka (jacket) Neil Sedaka

Parky (cold) David Starkey
It's a bit David oot mate!

Party Hale and hearty
Come to my hale and hearty

Party Moriarty

Party Russell Harty

Party Todd Carty
We're 'avin a bit of a Todd Carty (Todd Carty plays Mark Fowler in Eastenders)

Pawn (in-pawn) Bullock's Horn

PC Plod (policeman) Fishing Rod
Watch out theres a Fishin' Rod over there.

Peas On Your Knees

Peck (of food) Tooting Bec
I'm feeling a bit Tooting Beckish

Pee Ken Smee

Pee C'est La Vie
Oi garcon, je require un C'est La Vie.

Pee Bruce Lee
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Pee Ali G
I need an Ali G

Peelers (police) Pittsburgh Steelers

Pen Layin Hen

Pen Bill and Ben
Alternatives
Where's my Bill and Ben.

Penalty Fare Cherie Blair
I jumped of the tube and got Cheried

Penny Abergavenny

Penny Kilkenny

Pension Shawshank Redemption

Perv (look at girls) Dodge And Swerve
Going down to the Nuclear Sub for a bit of a Dodge?

Phat Roland Rat
That is well Roland Rat

Philharmonic Tonic

Phone Trombone

Phone Sharone Stone
No worries china give us buzz on the Sharon.

Phone Strawberry Rhone

Phone Joey Ramone

Phone Molly Malone

Phone Nina Simone
Stop rabbitting on the Nina and put the Frank Skinner on woman

Phone Dog and Bone

Phone Herring Bone

Phone Jelly Bone
Aw me Jelly's vibrating

Pianner (piano) Joanna

Pickles Harvey Nichols

Pictures Dolly Mixtures

Pictures Fleas and Itches
I'm off to the Fleas and Itches.

Piddle (urinate) Jimmy Riddle
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Piddle (urinate) Jimmy Riddle
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Piddle (urinate) Lauren Riddle
Jus goin for a Lauren Riddle

Piddle (urinate) Malcolm in the Middle
I'm going for a Malcolm, mate...

Pie Isle of Skye
I'd like some Isle of Skye.

Piece (lunch) Merlyn Rees

Pikey How d'ya Likey

Pikey Do As You Likey

Pikey As You Likey

Pill Jack and Jill
Alternatives
Me girlfriend's on the Jack and Jill at last

Pill Jimmy Hill
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Pill Harry Hill
Are you on the Harry Hill darling?

Pillow Weeping Willow

Pills Benny Hills
I'm gonna get Benny'd up.

Pin Huckleberry Finn
There are ten Huckleberry Finns per frame.

Pinch (steal) Half Inch

Pinch (steal) Half-Inch
Someone's 'alf-inched me wallet!

Pint of Ale Ship Full Sail
Let's have a Ship.

Pint of Stella Nelson
Nelson Mandela

Pint of Stella Uri Gella
Get us a pint of Uri.

Pipe Cherry Ripe

Pirate Millwal In Riot
These DVD's are all Millwall In Riot

Pistol Lady From Bristol

Pistol Lady of Bristol

Pitch (stall or stand) Hedge and Ditch

Pizza Omar Riza
Give us a slice of that Omar

Plan Manfred Mann

Plan Jackie Chan
Alternatives
I've a Jackie

Plants Adam and the Ants
Alternatives
I've just Son and Daughter'd me Adam and the Ants.

Plants Uncles and Aunts
Just had to dirty daughter me uncles and aunts

Please Hairy Knees

Pleb Alexander Hleb
"I'm sorry. I made a complete Alexander Hleb of myself last night"

Plonker Willy Wonka

Pocket Davey Crocket
Take ya hands out ya Davey!

Pocket Davy Crockett

Pocket Sky Rocket

Pocket Lucy Locket

Pole (as in Polish citizen). Used (allegedly) during WW2. Jam Roll
Alternatives
He's a Jam Role!

Pole (Polish person) Swiss Roll

Pom (Englishman) to and from

Ponce Charlie Ronce

Ponce Alphonse

Pony (£25) Macaroni

Poo Betty Boo
Where's the lav, I need a Betty!

Poo Efan Ekuku

Poo Four by Two
Alternatives
I'm busting for a Four by Two

Poofter Wooly Woofter
Look at him he's a bit of a Wooly Woofter

Pools (the pools) April Fools
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Poor On the Floor

Poorly Sue Lawley
I'm feeling a bit Sue Lawley

Pope Bar o' Soap
The Bar o'Soap's lookin' a bit Jack & Jill, innee?

Pork Dwight Yorke

Porker Native New Yorker
Cos, 'e's a bit of an Native New Yorker innee

Porn Johhny Vaughan

Porn Franky Vaughan
Watching a Franky Vaughan tonight?

Porn Goldie Hawn
Just havin' a flick thru me Goldie.

Portuguese Pork And Cheese
He's Pork And Cheese - he's Portuguese

Post Sunday Roast

Post Beans on Toast
Alternatives
My penalty hit the beans

Post Beans on Toast
Alternatives
Hit it off the Beans on Toast

Poster Roller Coaster
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Pound (currency) Quid

Pound (currency) Plymouth Sound

Pound (currency) Sov

Powder (cocaine) Nicky Lauder
Can you get me a gram of Nicky?

Pox Nervo and Knox
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Pox Surrey Docks

Pox Surries (Surrey Docks)
Stay away she's got the Surries

Pox Band in the Box

Prat Paper Hat

Prayer Weaver's Chair
You 'aven't got a weavers!

Preggers (pregnant) Keith Cheggers
Are you Keith Cheggers?

Preggers/pregnant Keith Cheggars
Is she Keith Cheggars or just a bit on the old fat side?

Price Anekka Rice
Paid a right good Anakke Rice for this motor.

Price Condoleezza Rice
Check the Condoleezza Rice on that item

Priest Bag of Yeast
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Priest Far East

Priest Dirty Beast

Printer Alan Minter
Alternatives
Looks like the paper has got jammed in the Alan again !

Printer Bernie Winter

Prison Boom and Mizzen

Pruno (prison liquor) San Bruno
That bloke is brewing San Bruno in his cell!

Pub Rub-A-Dub
Fancy the rubber?

Pub Nuclear Sub

Pub Bath Tub
Jus goin dahn the Bath for a couple o' Pigs'.

Pub Wormwood Scrubs
Comin down the Wormwood Scrubs?

Pube (pubic hair) Rubic's Cube
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Puff Brian Clough
Alternatives
Got any Brian on ya.

Puff (breath, life) Nelly Duff
Not on your Nelly!

Punter Billy Bunter
Get your finger out there's a queue of Billy Bunters.

Punters Hillman Hunters

Pyjamas Barack Obama
Alternatives
Go put your Barackas, eh?

Pyjamas Simon Schamas
Me grandad's only gone down the quack's in his Simons

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