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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 male name (uncommon in the UK). A shortening of the female name Jessica (usually spelled "Jessie"). jock a Scotsman (slang) a Scottish private soldier (slang) (UK: squaddie) slang term for an athlete slang term for the undergarment called an athletic supporter or jockstrap: joint piece of meat for carving *
used in the name of some other savoury dishes (e.g. black pudding, pease pudding) a creamy dessert (UK: blancmange) term of affection pull to persuade someone to be one's date or sex partner (slang) (on the pull) seeking a date or sex partner (slang) to move something towards oneself an injury to a muscle, tendon, or ligament, e.g.
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This page should be moved to List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom or perhaps List of American words not widely used in Britain. Great Britain is an island, not a nation. In fact, the article's (correct) opening sentence contradicts the title: This is a list of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom.
A contraction of shall not, considered archaic in American English (US and UK also: "won't"). [149] Rarely used in Scotland. shirtlifter homosexual. shite (vulgar) variant of shit [150] shopping trolley A cart supplied by a business for use by customers for transport of merchandise to the checkout counter during shopping. (US: shopping cart ...
Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States. List of garments having different names in American and British English. ... in the UK and US.
Accordingly, this page should use American spelling, and the List of words mainly used in British English (link updated to List of British words not widely used in the United States because of proposed redirect deletion TrevorD 23:03, 9 May 2006 (UTC)) should use British spelling. This would be darn good also for ESL students, many of which ...