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weasel and stoat
What does weasel and stoat mean?
A coat. Weasel and stoat rhymes with coat, and the rhyme gets clipped to 'weasel'. Cult moment for non-Cockneys: Del Boy and Rodney throwing on their weasels before heading out the flat in Only Fools and Horses.
"Grab your weasel, it's brass monkeys out there."
Frequently asked questions
What does 'weasel and stoat' mean?
Weasel and stoat is Cockney rhyming slang for a coat. 'Stoat' rhymes with 'coat.'
How do you use 'weasel and stoat' in a sentence?
"Grab your weasel and stoat, it's freezing out there."
Where does 'weasel and stoat' come from?
It comes from Cockney rhyming slang, a London tradition where a phrase replaces a word it rhymes with — here 'stoat' for 'coat.'
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