Salmon and trout

Origin of: Salmon and trout

Salmon and trout

Rhyming slang for snout, which is slang for a cigarette, thus salmon and trout/snout. Salmon and trout is also used to mean stout, a type of beer and also for the dreaded gout, often brought on by too much beer. All these usages date from the early 20th century, but more recently, in the 21st century, a cricket commentator was heard to say, “Oh, that’s definitely salmon and trout” meaning that the batsman was out – salmon and trout/out. The commentator was none other than the redoubtable Shane Warne.