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Five-and-dime, dime store, a store selling cheap merchandise; a dime a dozen, so abundant as to be worth little (UK: ten a penny); on a dime, in a small space ("turn on a dime", UK: turn on a sixpence) or immediately ("stop on a dime", UK: stop on a sixpence); nickel-and-dime, originally an adjective meaning "involving small amounts of money ...
a portrait created from photograph samples of facial features, relying on the accounts of witnesses of a criminal suspect, for the purpose of appealing to the public in the attempt to identify the suspect (trademark) [137] (no direct US equivalent but similar identikit and generic facial composite used in US and UK) pikey a pejorative slang ...
Glossary of American terms not widely used in the United Kingdom. Glossary of British terms not widely ... in the UK and US. This list has been split between:
group of plain beds used as no-frills lodging (UK: dormitory, q.v.); also used as a verb ("I bunked with them in their room"; "The cabin could bunk about 18") bureau: a type of writing table: a public office or government agency a type of chest of drawers: burn (n.) (Scotland and Northern England) narrow river, stream – more s.v. creek
better off than 'working class', but not rich, i.e., a narrower term than in the U.S. and often negative ordinary; not rich although not destitute, generally a positive term midway (adv.) in the centre of a line or period (n.) part of a fair in which there are games, rides, etc. [5] military: relating specifically to the British Army (dated)
List of words having different meanings in American and British English (A–L) List of words having different meanings in American and British English (M–Z) Glossary of American terms not widely used in the United Kingdom; Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States
List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom; List of British words not widely used in the United States; List of South African English regionalisms; List of words having different meanings in American and British English: A–L; List of words having different meanings in American and British English: M–Z
This is a list of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom. Swedish fusilier 04:08, 23 December 2007 (UTC) there should be an article on a list of british words not widely used in America —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.162.203.12 15:51, 29 January 2008 (UTC)