Nadsat - Cockney Rhyming Slang

Cockney Rhyming Slang

Charlie = "Chaplain"

Chaplain and Chaplin (from Charlie Chaplin) are homophones. Using the principles of Cockney rhyming slang Burgess uses Charlie Chaplin as a synonym for "Chaplain" and shortens it to Charlie.

Cutter = "money"

Cutter rhymes with bread and butter, which is often used as another expression for "income" or "money".

Pretty polly = "money"

Another colloquial expression used to describe the concept "money" is lolly. Lolly rhymes with pretty polly, which is the name of an English folk song and in the world of A Clockwork Orange becomes a new expression for "money".