The amusing little site called cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk has a user submitted definition of Veronica Lake in its dictionary.
VERONICA LAKE
Veronica Lake is Cockney slang for Brake.
"Hit the Veronica, you slag !"
Credit: contributed by Mark Jackson on 28-Jul-2009.
This ties back to an earlier article I wrote where Corporal Jones in an episode of "Dad’s Army" while serving Mrs Fox at the butchers refers to "Steak" as a nice bit of Veronica Lake.
WHAT IS COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG ANYWAY?
From its roots in the marketplaces and back alleys of Victorian east London, Cockney rhyming slang emerged first as a thieves cant, a secret language used by the semi-criminal types.
Via a long and chequered history, falling in and out of fashion, to its place embedded in British culture, we look at what CRS is, how it developed, and what it’s future might hold.~ CockneyRhymingSlang.co.uk
