porky-pie

porky-pie
n
British
a lie, an untruth. A piece of rhyming slang from London working-class speech that surfaced suddenly in the playground and the media and became widely popular at the end of the 1970s.
► I think you'll be finding that William's been telling porky-pies again.' (Recorded, secretary, London, 1986) 'You wouldn't be tellin' me porkies would you, son?' (Minder, British TV series, 1987)

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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  • porky pie — See: porky II …   English dictionary

  • porky pie — noun Lie …   Wiktionary

  • Porky pie — a lie (rhyming slang) …   Dictionary of Australian slang

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  • porky — ► ADJECTIVE (porkier, porkiest) 1) informal fleshy or fat. 2) of or resembling pork. ► NOUN (pl. porkies) (also porky pie) Brit. rhyming slang ▪ a lie …   English terms dictionary

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  • porky — porky1 adjective (porkier, porkiest) 1》 informal fleshy or fat. 2》 of or resembling pork. noun (plural porkies) (also porky pie) Brit. rhyming slang a lie. porky2 noun (plural …   English new terms dictionary

  • porky — 1 adjective informal an insulting word meaning fat 2 noun (C) also porky pie BrE slang a lie …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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