536 words in this category

Points

/pษ”ษชnts/
Noun
British railway term for track switches.
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Plus fours

/หŒplสŒs หˆfษ”หz/
Noun
British term for baggy knee-length trousers.
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Plug

/plสŒษก/
Noun
British term for electrical plug and drain stopper.
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Ploughman’s lunch

/หŒplaสŠmษ™nz หˆlสŒntสƒ/
Noun
British pub meal of bread, cheese, pickle, and salad.
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Plonk

/plษ’ล‹k/
Noun
British slang for cheap wine, possibly from French 'vin blanc' (white wine) mispronounced by British soldiers in WWI.
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Pleasure beach

/หˆpleส’ษ™ biหtสƒ/
Noun
British seaside amusement park.
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Platform

/หˆplรฆtfษ”หm/
Noun
While international railway term, British platform culture (waiting on platform) and terminology is distinct.
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Plantation

/plรฆnหˆteษชสƒn/
Noun
British term for planted woodland (different from American slave plantation).
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Plain flour

/หŒpleษชn หˆflaสŠษ™/
Noun
British term for all-purpose flour.
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Pissing down

/หŒpษชsษชล‹ หˆdaสŠn/
Phrase
British vulgar expression meaning raining very heavily.
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