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soft bread roll or a sandwich made from it (this itself is a regional usage in the UK rather than a universal one); in plural, breasts (vulgar slang e.g. "get your baps out, love"); a person's head (Northern Ireland). [21] barmaid *, barman a woman or man who serves drinks in a bar.
The current project team includes editorial staff from the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue and from the Scottish National Dictionary Association. In 2021, Scottish Language Dictionaries became an SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation) and changed its name to Dictionaries of the Scots Language.
Maggot-Dregs (pejorative), Milk Trays Market Harborough Maggot-Harbourers (pejorative) Matlock Pubic-hairs Melton Mowbray Porkies (famous for pork pies) Middlesbrough Smoggies. [65] Middleton Piddly Middlies (pejorative) Midsomer Norton Zombies Milton Keynes Milk-'n-Beaners Mirfield Smurfs Monmouth Monsters, Monster Mouths, Mongs (pejorative ...
While some slang words and phrases are used throughout Britain ... milk run A 'safe' mission or patrol. [210] ... (Scottish). [306] 4. A general term of contempt ...
In time, the term lost its naval connotation and was used to refer to British people in general and, in the 1880s, British immigrants in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. [9] Although the term may have been used earlier in the US Navy as slang for a British sailor or a British warship, such a usage was not documented until 1918. [9]
No wukkas. No worries, don’t worry about it, all good. She’ll be right. According to ANU, Australian English often uses the feminine pronoun “she,” whereas standard English would use “it.”
Cairn Capercaillie Claymore Trousers Bard [1] The word's earliest appearance in English is in 15th century Scotland with the meaning "vagabond minstrel".The modern literary meaning, which began in the 17th century, is heavily influenced by the presence of the word in ancient Greek (bardos) and ancient Latin (bardus) writings (e.g. used by the poet Lucan, 1st century AD), which in turn took the ...