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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]
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A family friend decided that Harry, whose hair had grown back in messily after his Eton classmates shaved it off as a prank, bore an uncanny resemblance to the egg-laying mammal. ... British slang ...
(slang) sleep. kirby grip hair grip. (US: bobby pin) kitchen roll paper towels knackered (slang) exhausted, broken; the term may derive from either of two meanings of the noun knacker (see knacker's yard and knackers below), thus to slaughter or castrate [104] knacker's yard premises where superannuated livestock are sent for rendering, etc. by ...
long, matted hair (cf. Shaggy from the Scooby-Doo cartoon) a type of shredded coarse tobacco (v.) to chase after; to chase and fetch (as a fly ball in baseball) a style of long hair with numerous layers (not matted or untidy) a kind of a dance, associated with "beach music," esp. from the Carolinas (orig. US) shattered exhausted
Just when you figured out "soonicorn" and started "dawn dating," perhaps it's time to understand what all those Brits mean with terms like "peng," "punching" and "cracking on." (You know, in case ...
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