Farmer’s Slang & Its Analogues. 1890–1909, rev. 2022.
Oats-and-barley
subs. phr. (rhyming slang).—Charley.
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1898. BINSTEAD, A Pink ’Un and a Pelican, 149. Bob and his particular chum, OATS (which is short rhyming slang for Charley. “OATS-AND-BARLEY” it is in full, but the true art of it lies in the abbreviation).
