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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 ...
motor vehicle for carrying heavy cargo *(UK usu. lorry); see also garbage truck (UK: dustcart), truck stop (UK: transport cafe) produce grown for the market; hence truck farm (UK: market garden) a hand truck (UK: trolley) in a railroad car, the undercarriage assembly incorporating wheels, suspension, and brakes (UK: bogie)
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:
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
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
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)
Given that my idea is endorsed by authoritative West London Dweller, this article has been renamed as List of words mainly used in American English (link updated to List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom because of proposed deletion of redirect page - TrevorD 19:23, 9 May 2006 (UTC)).