Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Charlie Ronce n.

a ponce, a pimp.

1931		‘English Und. Sl.’ in Variety 8 Apr. n.p.: Charley — Man who lives on woman.
1936		J. Curtis Gilt Kid 22: She ain’t got no ponce. What’d she want a Jo Ronce for, she’s a right flash brama.
1938		G. Kersh Night and the City 176: They’re pinching all the tarts, and they’re lumbering all the Johnny Ronces.
1960, 1975		Wentworth & Flexner DAS 648/1: Johnny Ronce – pimp.
1969		S.T. Kendall Up the Frog 64: Charley Ronce (Charley).
2002		K. Lucas ‘All my life I’ve wanted to be a Barrow Boy’ in Obfuscation News Apr. Issue 20 🌐 In it you will play a Charlie Ronce who is Mahatma Gandhi and is also a little bit Stoke-on-Trent.
2003		B. Dark Dirty Cockney Rhy. Sl.