sexton
⇨ Sexton Blake; sextonnoun
1
a fake; a forgery. Rhyming slang, formed on the name of a fictional detective who first appeared in 1893 and continued in print well into the 1960s. British artist Tom Keating, 1917–84, famously forged works attributed to Gainsborough, Degas, Boucher, Fragonard, Renoir and Modigliani; in 1976 he confessed to having painted 2,000 Sexton Blakes UK, 1984.
2
a cake. Rhyming slang, formed on the fictional detective. Considered obsolete by Julian Franklyn, A Dictionary of Rhyming Slang, 1960; however, Ray Puxley, Cockney Rabbit, 1992, records it as 'long established' UK, 1960.
3
a 'take' in television and films. Rhyming slang, formed on the fictional detective UK, 1972