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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]
Berkies, Berks (pejorative, from rhyming slang "Berkeley Hunt") Beverley Bevsters Bicester Bisexuals, Bi's Bideford Biddies Billericay Bilbos Bilston Billies Bingley Bingles Birchington-on-Sea Masochists Birkenhead Birkos, Plastic Scousers (or Plazzies) Birmingham Brummies [7] Bishops Castle Pissed-up Arseholes (pejorative) Bishops Waltham Piss ...
This is a list of Welsh people (Welsh: rhestr Cymry); an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales.. Historian John Davies argues that the origin of the Welsh nation can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic or other Celtic languages seem to have been spoken in Wales since much earlier.
1. a slot in a wall or door through which incoming post [DM] is delivered (US: mail slot, mailbox) 2. (less common) a box in the street for receiving outgoing letters and other mail (more usually called a postbox or pillar box) (US: mailbox) See also Letterbox (US & UK): a film display format taking its name from the shape of a letter-box slot
The list of top 10 baby names shouldn’t be all too surprising, the Health Department said, with most appearing on the list in the past few years.. Sofia, for example, crawled its way into the No ...
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from Old Celtic bardos, either through Welsh bardd (where the bard was highly respected) or Scottish bardis (where it was a term of contempt); Cornish bardh cawl a traditional Welsh soup/stew; Cornish kowl coracle from corwgl. This Welsh term was derived from the Latin corium meaning "leather or hide", the material from which coracles are made ...
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