Quote Originally Posted by E-learner View Post
Here's a guessable (I think, although I hadn't guessed) one, from a book I'm reading:
"We down another pint, then call a Joe Baxi."
Any idea about a Joe Baxi? (rhyming slang)
After a little bit of Googling, I discovered that Joe Baksi was an American heavyweight boxer in the 1940s. His name became famous in the UK after he beat British champions Freddie Mills and Bruce Woodcock in 1946, and people began using "Joe Baxi" as rhyming slang for "taxi."