British English A to Z - past 6
British English A to Z - past 6
... Jag, n. Inf. Jaguar car jakes, n. Slang. can (privy) Slang. Archaic word for outhouse, toilet. jam, n. treat Slang. A real jam is British slang for a real treat. A jam sandwich in Britain can ... opposed to new technology. luge, n. toboggan luggage, n. baggage Britons register luggage, Americans check baggage. On a British train, bags go into the luggage van; on an American t...
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British English A to Z - past 10
... correspond to an American apartment hotel or residential hotel. See also apartment; flat. service lift dumbwaiter A dumb-waiter in Britain is also what is known in America and in Britain as a lazy ... The British spell this word variously; a sampling of variants: schemozzle, shemozzl, shimozzel, chimozzle, shlemozzl, shle- mozzle, schlemozzle, schlemazel. Its origin is in London r...
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British English A to Z - past 11
... surface.’ As a transitive verb, tarmac means to tar a road. See also macadam. 2. Tarmac has now acquired the specialized meaning of ‘air-field,’ especially the part made of this material. tart, ... system trapezium, n. trapezoid In America a trapezium is a quadrilateral having no sides parallel. In Britain it denotes a quadrilateral having two sides parallel, which in America i...
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British English A to Z - past 12
... Reserve. wax, n. rage Slang. A dreadful wax is a towering rage. And waxy is jumpy. way, n. dither; tizzy Inf. To be in a way or in a great way is to be in a dither or in a tizzy. way, permanent. ... . The British say today week or a week today where the Americans say a week from today; Tuesday week or a week on Tuesday where the Americans say a week from Tues- day;...
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British English A to Z - past 2
... In a narrower sense, a Cantabrigian is a student or graduate of Cambridge University. Infor- mally abbreviated to Cantab., which is the usual form, and applies in America to Cambridge, Mass., ... combinations charwoman and charlady. The latter is minimally acceptable to these ladies, who generally prefer to be called daily help, daily woman, or just daily. Cleaner and cleani...
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British English A to Z - past 3
... especially to describe a D.C. generator, is now rarely heard; an A. C. generator is now usually called an alternator, espe- cially as an automotive part; a generator can be A. C. or D.C. dynamo ... sentimental nickname for any loving couple of advanced years is sup- posed to have originated from an allusion in a ballad that appeared in 1735 in a publication called Gentleman’s...
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British English A to Z - past 4
... help-wanted ads for a forecourt attendant, i.e., somebody to man the gas pumps. Also, in Britain and America, a tennis term meaning the area near the net. Foreign Office approx. State Department Now ... well. gamp, n. umbrella Inf. A big one, named after Sarah Gamp, in Martin Chuzzlewit, a bibulous lady who carried a large cotton umbrella. The common slang term in Britain is br...
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British English A to Z - past 5
... delay Inf. Any delay, whether as a result of heavy traffic, fog, road construction, etc. hole-and-corner, adj. underhand Inf. A hole-and-corner man is a shady character or operator, and hole-and-corner ... generally, and especially thatching material. It can be used in a singular sense, too, meaning ‘one stem’ or ‘stalk.’ have a bash at Slang. take a shot at Slang. To have a...
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British English A to Z - past 7
... espe- cially a sewing machine operator. The British also use the term machine-minder where Americans would say machine operator. mad on Inf. crazy about Inf. Americans also say mad about and ... nut Slang. The Americans refer to a crazy person as a case or a nut. nutter, n. Slang. nut Slang. A crazy character: synonymous with nut-case. 244 nut, do one’s major road. See arteri...
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British English A to Z - past 8
... equivalent of an American deep-dish pie. pie and mash see comment A popular meal served in cafés and pubs of a meat or fish pie and mashed potatoes. 266 personal allowance paddle, v.i. wade To ... his bat, rather than attempt to hit it hard and try to make runs. Thus, to play a ball to leg is a defensive tactic; and to play an embarrassing question to leg is to b...
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