Noah
A shark.
This is an example of rhyming slang. In rhyming slang, an everyday word is replaced by a phrase, the last element of which rhymes with the everyday word. Thus Captain Cook is rhyming slang for 'a look'.
Sometimes the rhyming element is omitted. Noah was originally Noah's Ark. Similarly, on one's Pat is short for on one's Pat Malone, 'alone'.
> Hear the word noah in use
(MP3 43kb)
> Return to the Aussie English (HTML) homepage
