Definition of a porkies

porkies

• Lies. Another Cockney rhyming slang, but almost completely detached from its origin Lies = Pork Pies = Porkies. For some reason seldom used in the singular.

  You've been telling porkies again.

  Last edited on Oct 27 1999. Submitted by Joshua R. from Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK on Oct 27 1999.

• lies. Rhyming slang: "porkie pies" - "lies".

  Last edited on May 16 2011. Submitted by Paul G. on Aug 22 2005.

noun

• People of Pakistani descent

  Last edited on Nov 04 2010. Submitted by Anonymous on Nov 04 2010.

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