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  2. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    informal term of address beloved person, darling (often a term of endearment) loveseat a seat which accommodates two people facing in opposite directions. Can be wooden or padded. a two-seater couch lox liquid oxygen (engineering) thin-sliced smoked salmon, commonly consumed on bagels; Yiddish from German 'Lachs', salmon. lugs (n.)

  3. Wikipedia : List of English contractions

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    ’em (informal) them everybody’s: everybody has / everybody is everyone’s: everyone has / everyone is everything's: everything has / everything is finna (informal) fixing to fo’c’sle (informal) forecastle ’gainst (informal) against g’day (informal) good day gimme (informal) give me giv’n (informal) given gi’z (informal)

  4. Hugs and kisses - Wikipedia

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    The earliest attestation of the use of either x or o to indicate kisses identified by the Oxford English Dictionary appears in the English novellist Florence Montgomery's 1878 book Seaforth, which mentions "This letter [...] ends with the inevitable row of kisses,—sometimes expressed by × × × × ×, and sometimes by o o o o o o, according to the taste of the young scribbler".

  5. Today's Wordle Hint, Answer for #1271 on Wednesday, December ...

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    Today's Wordle Answer for #1271 on Wednesday, December 11, 2024. Today's Wordle answer on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, is PLUMB. How'd you do? Next: Catch up on other Wordle answers from this week.

  6. Non-numerical words for quantities - Wikipedia

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    An old term of venery, meaning means ‘a pair of [some animal, especially birds] caught in the hunt’. Also a measure of length, originally representing a person's outstretched arms. Couple: 2 A set of two of items of a type Century: 100

  7. Glossary of American terms not widely used in the United ...

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    [13] [462] [463] In American English there is a distinction in usage: "gotten" is used to refer to the process of acquisition, obtainment or to having entered a state over a matter of time, whereas "got" signifies possession.

  8. Puzzle solutions for Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024

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    Note: Most subscribers have some, but not all, of the puzzles that correspond to the following set of solutions for their local newspaper. CROSSWORDS

  9. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United ...

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    (informal) old man; (informal) boss; football manager (US: soccer coach); Also in US: (professional) chief electrician on a theatrical or film set. gangway * a path between the rows of seats in a theatre or elsewhere (US aisle ; gangway is a naval command to make a path for an officer)