Phrases & SayingsEveryday lifeRhyming slang
sky rocket
Pocket, in rhyming slang; often shortened to sky.
In a sentence
He pulled the keys from his sky rocket.
Where it came from
Australian rhyming-slang sources record sky rocket = pocket, although the rhyme is also Cockney/British.
- First recorded
- 1936
- Initial era
- 1900–1949
- Where used
- Australian use; no narrower regional pattern established