Rosalind Fergusson - Collins Rhyming Dictionary

The stately homes of England,

How beautiful they stand!

Amidst their tall ancestral trees

O’er all the pleasant land.

FELICIA HEMANS

1.29bang, Chang, clang, dang, fang, gang, hang, Lang, pang, prang, rang, sang, slang, sprang, tang, Tang, twang, vang, whang, Yang, * harangue, meringue, slap-bang, Shenyang, rehang, shebang, Penang, Pyongyang, * gangbang, headbang, press gang, mustang, Wolfgang, * charabanc, Sturm und Drang , overhang, boomerang, * orang-utang

1.30Ange, flange, * Falange, phalange

1.31Hans, Hanse, manse, stance, Vance, * askance, Penzance, expanse, finance, romance, * happenstance, Langerhans, circumstance

1.32Gdansk, Murmansk

1.33ant, Brandt, cant, Kant, pant, rant, scant, * Brabant, gallant, decant, recant, descant, extant, Levant, Besant, enceinte, U Thant, * descant, Rembrandt, * gallivant, sycophant, hierophant, commandant, confidant, confidante

1.34ants, Franz, Hants, Kant’s, pants, rants, * decants, recants, Northants, * gallivants, smarty-pants, sycophants, Rosencrantz, underpants, etc.

1.35tragacanth, amaranth, coelacanth

1.36Anne’s, banns, bans, Cannes, cans, clans, Dan’s, fans, glans, Hans, Jan’s, pans, plans, Stan’s, tans, vans, * kaftans, Ray-Bans®, brain scans, bedpans, oilcans, * caravans, Callaghan’s, Marianne’s, artisans, Prestonpans, jerry cans, * Lytham Saint Anne’s, catamarans, etc.

1.37bap, cap, chap, clap, crap, dap, flap, gap, Gap, hap, Jap, knap, Knapp, lap, Lapp, map, nap, pap, rap, sap, scrap, slap, snap, strap, tap, trap, WAP, wrap, yap, zap, * uncap, unwrap, unstrap, recap, rewrap, enwrap, entrap, * blackcap, madcap, claptrap, mantrap, catnap, mayhap, redcap, death trap, earflap, kneecap, recap, heeltap, mishap, giftwrap, chinstrap, bitmap, kidnap, wiretap, firetrap, nightcap, whitecap, icecap, flytrap, mobcap, stopgap, jockstrap, watchstrap, mousetrap, snowcap, toecap, hubcap, skullcap, mudflap, suntrap, foolscap, dewlap, bootstrap, * rattletrap, Andy Capp, handicap, take the rap, Tonle Sap, overlap, thunderclap, honeytrap, booby trap

1.38apse, caps, chaps, claps, craps, daps, flaps, gaps, lapse, maps, raps, schnapps, scraps, straps, taps, traps, wraps, yaps, zaps, * perhaps, collapse, unwraps, elapse, relapse, * earflaps, kneecaps, toecaps, prolapse, hubcaps, mudflaps, bootstraps, etc.

1.39apt, chapped, clapped, flapped, knapped, rapt, strapped, wrapped, * adapt, untapped, unwrapped, unmapped, enwrapped, inapt, * catnapped, kidnapped, snowcapped, * handicapped, readapt, overlapped, etc.

1.40ass, bass, crass, gas, lass, mass, Mass, sass, strass, TASS, wrasse, vas, * alas, harass, morass, Madras, Patras, amass, Laplace, Alsace, degas, kick ass, crevasse, cuirass, volte-face, en masse, * jackass, badass, Hamas, landmass, Sampras, ACAS, Esdras, tear gas, Mithras, tightass, Ofgas, groundmass, * Calor gas®, sassafras, Candlemas, palliasse, Adidas®, Badedas®, gravitas, Martinmas, Quatermass, demitasse, Pythias, hippocras, Caiaphas, biogas, biomass, Fortinbras, Hudibras, * Tiberias, Leonidas, Herodias, Asturias, * Ozymandias, Herod Antipas, * in vino Veritas , materfamilias, paterfamilias

1.41asp, hasp

1.42bast, massed, gassed, hast, * lambast, harassed, amassed, degassed, * bombast, * pederast, cineaste, chloroplast, scholiast, * iconoclast, Elastoplast®, enthusiast

1.43ash, ASH, Ashe, bash, brash, cache, cash, clash, crash, dash, flash, gash, gnash, hash, lash, mash, MASH, Nash, pash, plash, rash, sash, slash, smash, splash, stash, tache, thrash, trash, * abash, unlash, panache, rehash, encash, * slapdash, backlash, gatecrash, rehash, whiplash, mishmash, earbash, eyelash, potash, Saltash, goulash, newsflash, * have a bash, calabash, pebbledash, Johnny Cash, balderdash, water brash, succotash

1.44bashed, cashed, crashed, flashed, gashed, mashed, smashed, splashed, thrashed, trashed, * abashed, rehashed, * unabashed, etc.

1.45at, bat, brat, cat, chat, drat, fat, flat, GATT, gnat, hat, mat, matt, Matt, Nat, pat, Pat, plait, plat, prat, Pratt, rat, sat, scat, shat, skat, slat, spat, splat, sprat, tat, that, twat, vat, VAT, * Sadat, cravat, fat cat, rat-tat, Passat®, hard hat, thereat, whereat, expat, Fermat, hereat, begat, resat, howzat, * backchat, hellcat, hepcat, Zermatt, meerkat, brickbat, dingbat, tipcat, Kit Kat®, diktat, Brinks-Mat, chitchat, whinchat, wildcat, combat, wombat, bobcat, tomcat, top hat, doormat, format, cowpat, Croat, polecat, stonechat, numbat, mudcat, Muscat, sunhat, mud flat, muskrat, * concordat, reformat, * acrobat, rat-a-tat, Ararat, caveat, Kattegat, habitat, marrow fat, aerostat, scaredy-cat, baby-sat, Cheshire cat, democrat, Democrat, technocrat, thermostat, rheostat, pitapat, tit-for-tat, ziggurat, Symonds Yat, diplomat, aegrotat, Montserrat, monocrat, copycat, autocrat, automat, Laundromat®, bureaucrat, Eurocrat, Postman Pat, Photostat®, butterfat, pussycat, plutocrat, Rubáiyát, * Jehoshaphat, Magnificat, * aristocrat, requiescat

But thousands die, without or this or that,

Die, and endow a college, or a cat.

ALEXANDER POPE

1.46bats, brats, cats, chats, flats, gnats, hats, Katz, mats, Matt’s, Pat’s, plaits, rats, SATs, * cravats, congrats, fat cats, expats, * ersatz, dingbats, cowpats, mud flats, etc.

1.47Cath, Gath, hath, lath, Plath, * aftermath, telepath, psychopath, polymath, * naturopath, osteopath, homeopath, sociopath

1.48Cath’s, laths, maths, * telepaths, psychopaths, polymaths, etc.

1.49chav, have, lav, * satnav, Olav

1.50as, Baz, Chas, Daz®, Gaz, has, jazz, * La Paz, whereas, Shiraz, pizzazz, * Boaz, topaz, * razzmatazz, Alcatraz

2.1abbey, Abby, cabbie, crabby, flabby, Gaby, gabby, grabby, Rabbie, scabby, shabby, tabby, yabby, Bambi, can be, Ashby, chappie, crappy, flappy, gappy, happy, nappy, pappy, sappy, scrappy, snappy, strappy, yappy, zappy, scampi, * unhappy, * slaphappy, * Newtownabbey, namby-pamby, happy-clappy

2.2baccy, Bacchae, Blackie, cacky, Jackie, lackey, Mackie, raki, sake, tacky, wacky, cranky, Frankie, hanky, lanky, manky, Sankey, swanky, Yankee, ASCII, Askey, Laski, Spassky, Aggie, baggy, craggy, daggy, draggy, jaggy, Maggie, quaggy, ragi, saggy, scraggy, shaggy, * Iraqi, Baisakhi, Polanski, * Nagasaki, Kawasaki, Yamasaki, teriyaki, sukiyaki, catananche, hanky-panky, Killiecrankie, Widow Twankey, Stanislavsky

2.3Addy, baddie, caddie, caddy, daddy, faddy, gladdie, had he, laddie, Maddy, paddy, Paddy, Andy, bandy, brandy, candy, dandy, Dandy , Gandhi, handy, Mandy, randy, sandy, shandy, Tandy, batty, catty, chatty, fatty, flattie, Hattie, natty, Patti, patty, ratty, Satie, scatty, Tati, tattie, tatty, ante, anti, Dante, scanty, shanty, Asti, pasty, * Vivaldi, unhandy, chapati, Hanratty, Scarlatti, Bugatti, bacchante, Ashanti, Ferranti, Chianti, Durante, * grandaddy, * finnan haddie, Fittipaldi, Andy Pandy, Rio Grande, Tonypandy, Kiribati, Cincinnati, Alicante, in flagrante, dilettante, vigilante, rhinoplasty, * Asti spumante, * modus operandi

2.4café, daffy, NAAFI, Taffy, Malfi, navvy, savvy, Canvey, Cathy, Xanthe, * Gaddafi, Amalfi, * cybercafé, Iolanthe

2.5Ali, alley, Ally, bally, dally, galley, Halley, pally, Raleigh, rally, sally, Sally, scally, tally, valley, Chablis, brambly, haply, amply, blackly, crackly, frankly, Shankly, straggly, waggly, gangly, badly, Bradley, gladly, Hadleigh, madly, sadly, grandly, Attlee, Batley, flatly, rattly, aptly, Bramley, family, Hanley, Manley, manly, Stanley, Langley, Ashley, rashly, Barrie, Barry, Carrie, carry, Cary, Clarrie, Gary, harry, Harry, Larry, marry, parry, Parry, tarry, blackberry, cranberry, lamprey, angry, Crabtree, gantry, pantry, Langtry, * McNally, Aunt Sally, reveille, O’Malley, doolally, exactly, unmanly, Winstanley, Osmanli, glengarry, remarry, miscarry, du Barry, Deganwy, Myfanwy, * peely-wally, Tin Pan Alley, dilly-dally, shillyshally, intermarry, etc.