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This article is from the alt.usage.english FAQ, by Mark Israel misrael@scripps.edu with numerous contributions by others.

20 Books on rhyming slang (Recommended books - alt.usage.english)

Julian Franklyn "A Dictionary of Rhyming Slang" 3rd ed.,
Routledge, 1990, ISBN 0-415-04602-5

Paul Wheeler "Upper Class Rhyming Slang" Sidgwick & Jackson,
1985, ISBN 0-283-99295-6

John Meredith "Dinkum Aussie Rhyming Slang" Kangaroo, 1991,
ISBN 0-86417-333-4

The largest collection on the Web seems to be:
<http://nrcbsa.bio.nrc.ca/~foote/cock_eng.html>

 

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