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British disease  


      n   usually preceded by: the   the pattern of strikes and industrial unrest in the 1970s and early 1980s supposed by many during this time to be endemic in Britain and to weaken the British economy  
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n.
Siège de la Big Ben Tobacco Trading, membre de British American Tobacco.
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease
n.
(british slang) "a strong drink" as in "i need a stiff whisky so pour me a real snorter", or (nautical slang) "a strong wind".
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in American English, 'dirt' is what British people call 'soil' ('put some dirt in a plant pot'). In British English, dirt has the connotation of being dirty ('you've got some dirt on your shoe')


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