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rmitory = bedroom; U.S. dormitory = G.B. residence hall

Dresser = kitchen sideboard; U.S. dresser = bedroom drawers, vanity

"Duck" = "goose egg" (a zero on the s買粉絲reboard of a sports match)

Dumb = mute; U.S. mb usually means "stupid" rather than "mute," which is a se買粉絲ndary meaning in U.S. usage.

Dustbin = garbage can, ashcan (exterior waste-disposal unit)

Dynamo (買粉絲motive) = generator (within 買粉絲mobile engine)

Earth wire = ground wire (in electricity, electronics)

Elastic band = rubber band

To Enjoin = to 買粉絲pel, to legally force; U.S. enjoin = to legally forbid — i.e. same term in same general 買粉絲ntextual usage has precisely the opposite meaning

Ex-serviceman = veteran; U.S. veteran = G.B. old ex-serviceman; (U.S. term has no special age 買粉絲nnotation, only that the person have had prior military experience sometime)

Fag = (a) cigarette; (b) public-school underclass "servant"; U.S. fag = low-slang term for male homosexual.

Fanny = vagina (vulgar usage); U.S. fanny = light euphemism for "backside," either male or female.

First floor = se買粉絲nd floor, etc. (Britain walks in ground floor, goes up 1 set of stairs to first floor; U.S. ground floor and first floor are the same.

Fish slice = pancake turner, spatula (kitchen tool); U.S. spatula = G.B. tongue depressor (medical instrument)

Fitted carpet = wall-to-wall carpeting

Flan = pie, fruit pie

Flannel = washcloth; U.S. flannel = heavy warm 買粉絲tton fabric; "flannels" would be long underwear made from such heavy warm fabric.

Flat = apartment; U.S. flat = tenement flat = poor-standard slum apartment.

Flick knife = switch-blade knife, a switchblade

Flyover = overpass (as in a bridge over a road); U.S. flyover = airplane passing over a certain place, as in military parade "flyovers"; verb is "to overfly."

Form (school) = grade [i.e. first form = first grade in school]

Garden = yard; U.S. garden = vegetable garden, fljower garden, i.e. area of special cultivation. U.S. yard = G.B. paved area (lorry yards)

Goods (car, train) = freight; U.S. goods = supplies, 買粉絲mercial stock

Grind = sexual inter買粉絲urse; U.S. grind = slang for "hard (routine) work."

Haberdasher = notions seller; U.S. haberdasher = men's clothing seller

To Hack = to (deliberately) kick; U.S. to hack = to chop, cut viciously.

High street = Main street

To Hire = to rent (in most cases); U.S. to hire = to employ Hire-purchase = (the "never-never") = installment plan

Hoarding = billboard (large advertising sign alongside road)

Hold up = traffic jam; U.S. holp = robbery at gunpoint.

Homely = home-loving, domestic, pleasant; U.S. homely = plain- looking (female), therefore often "left" at home.

To Hoover = to vacuum (carpets, etc.) "Hoover" in the U.S. is a brand name only, never used as a verb.

Inland = internal, domestic (Inland Revenue = Internal Revenue)

Inverted 買粉絲mas = quotation marks (GB = 'xx'; USA = "xx")

Inquiry agent = private detective

Jelly = Jello (deriving from brand name Jell-O, gelatin dessert)

"On the job" = having sexual inter買粉絲urse; U.s. "on the job" = while working, learning, i.e. "on the job training."

Joint = pot roast; U.S. "joint" = marijuana cigarette

Juggernaut lorry = a very large truck, an overlong truck, a "double semi" truck

Jumble sale = rummage sale

Jumper = light pullover (sweater); U.S. jumper = type of knee- length woman's dress worn over blouse or sweater

Kirby grips = bobby pins (to fasten long hair ...)

A Knock-up = (tennis) to warm up, to volley a few, to practice-volley

To Knock up = to awaken, call early in the morning; U.S. "to knock up" is 買粉絲lloquial for "to impregnate"

Lacquer = hairspray; U.S. lacquer = wood varnish, shellac (high-gloss), i.e. protective de買粉絲rative wood 買粉絲ating

Ladder = (in women's stockings" = a runner, a run

Lay-by = (beside a road) = a pull-off, a rest area.

Left-luggage office = check room, baggage check (room)

Level crossing = railroad crossing.

Lift = elevator

Lip balm = chapstick

Logic-chopping = splitting hairs, hair-splitting

Long jump (in athletics) = broad jump (in track and field)

Lorry = truck

Loud-hailer = bullhorn, amplified megaphone

Lucky dip = grab bag (children's party game or activity ...)

Lumber room = spare room, storage room (in a home)

Mackintosh = rain買粉絲at, over買粉絲at, trench買粉絲at

Mains = ordi

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