pork pies

pork pies
   lies
   Rhyming slang. Also as porkie pies or porkies:
    'You mean Susan's hairdresser?' Lucille asked. 'And Jack's porkpie.' (Anonymous, 1996 — at issue was not Jack's hat but his veracity about his relationship with the hairdresser)
    There's nothing wrong with making people happy by telling a few porkies. (L. Thomas, 1996)

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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