Cant

• swiz

  British slang for a swindle.

• dekko

  British slang for a look.

• square-bashing

  Drill on a barracks square.

Highway

• arterial road

  A major or main route.

• beltway

  A highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the...

Board Game

• ludo

  A simple board game in which players move counters according to the throw of dice.

• shovel board

  A game in which coins or discs are slid by hand across a board toward a mark.

Drawing

• tombola

  A lottery in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum.

• lucky dip

  A game in which prizes (e.g., candies or coins) are concealed in a container and for a...

Colloquialism

• snogging

  (British informal) cuddle and kiss.

• aggro

  (informal British usage) aggravation or aggression; "I skipped it because it was too much...

Also contains

• rugby

  A form of football played with an oval ball.

• headship

  The position of headmaster or headmistress.

• backbench

  Any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons.

• minister

  The job of a head of a government department.

• rag

  A boisterous practical joke (especially by college students).

• ballup

  Something badly botched or muddled.

• flit

  A secret move (to avoid paying debts); "they did a moonlight flit".

• clanger

  A conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate; "he dropped a clanger".

• zizz

  A nap; "Arthur's taking a short zizz".

• bin liner

  A plastic bag used to line a trash or garbage bin.

• fire watching

  (during World War II in Britain) watching for fires started by bombs that dropped...

• replay

  The immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded...

• betting shop

  A licensed bookmaker's shop that is not at the race track.

• bagatelle

  A table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by...

• invigilation

  Keeping watch over examination candidates to prevent cheating.

• supplementary benefit

  Benefits paid to bring incomes up to minimum levels established by law.

• panto

  An abbreviation of pantomime.

• MOT

  A compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes.

• pony-trekking

  A sport in which people ride across country on ponies.

• fare-stage

  A section along the route of a bus for which the fare is the same.

• rustication

  Temporary dismissal of a student from a university.

• go-slow

  A form of protest by workers in which they deliberately slow down in order to cause problem...

• lucky dip

  A selection or decision purely at random; "their system of hiring people seemed to be...

• piss-up

  Vulgar expression for a bout of heavy drinking.

• bar

  A heating element in an electric fire; "an electric fire with three bars".

• rub up

  A review that refreshes your memory; "I need a rub up on my Latin".

• punch-up

  A fistfight; "the quarrel ended in a punch-up".

• hornpipe

  A British solo dance performed by sailors.

• perambulation

  A walk around a territory (a parish or manor or forest etc.) in order to officially...

• shufti

  A quick look around (originally military slang); "take a shufti while you're out there".

• eleven-plus

  (formerly in Britain) an examination taken by 11 and 12 year old students to select...

• boot

  British term for the luggage compartment in a car.

• lie-in

  A long stay in bed in the morning.

• fives

  A game resembling handball; played on a court with a front wall and two side walls.

• doddle

  An easy task.

• costing

  Cost accounting.

• car boot sale

  An outdoor sale at which people sell things from the trunk of their car.

• clawback

  Finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way; "the...

• point duty

  The control of traffic by a policeman stationed at an intersection.