Cockney Rhyming Slang

is, in its graphic form, as 10, is sometimes used to express marriage.

Ten, in its graphic form as 10, is sometimes used to express marriage.

is a rather simpleminded number, a bland figure who always does what he's told.

I've dealt with numbers all my life, of course, and after a while you begin to feel that each number has a personality of its own. A twelve is very different from a thirteen, for example. Twelve is upright, conscientious, intelligent, whereas thirteen is a loner, a shady character who won't think twice about breaking the law to get what he wants. Eleven is tough, an outdoorsman who likes tramping through woods and scaling mountains; ten is rather simpleminded, a bland figure who always does what he's told; nine is deep and mystical, a Buddha of contemplation.

10, n.All

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