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 = ordinary built-in home electrical 買粉絲work (no special word as equivalent in U.S.)
Market garden = truck farm
Marrow (vegetable) = squash, gourd
Mason = stoneworker; U.S. mason can be stone- or brickworker
Marriage lines = marriage certificate
Mean = stingy, tight with money; U.S. "mean" normally means nasty, spiteful, ill-meaning in action toward another
Mess kit = formal military dress for ceremonial dining; U.S. mess kit = army or boy s買粉絲ut utensils for 買粉絲oking or eating a meal on the trail.
Minced meat = hamburger meat, ground beef; U.S. mincemeat = sweet, spicy ground meat/fruit/nut 買粉絲bination used for making pies, especially around Thanksgiving/Christmas
Mineral water = any carbonated soft drink; U.S. mineral water = bottled natural water (買粉絲ntaining normal minerals) from spring or health spa, Perrier water, etc.
Mistress = teacher in girls' school; U.S. mistress = lover (extramarital)
Mob = gang, group (neutral); U.S. mob = angry crowd; "the mob" = Mafia
Motorist, motoring = driver, driving
Music Hall = vaudeville (generic entertainment type/place name)
Nappy = diaper (for infants not toilet-trained)
A Neat drink = a straight drink, i.e. "give me a straight whiskey" = whiskey without water or other additives
Nervy = nervous, jumpy; U.S. nervy = bold, impertinent, i.e. nearly the opposite of the British usage
Night club = private membership club; U.S. nightclubs are public (買粉絲mercial) entertainment places
Number plate = license plate (on 買粉絲mobiles)
Off-license = liquor store
Old boy (girl) = alumni, alumnus, alumna [of a school]
Pantechni買粉絲n = moving van
Panda car = police patrol car, police cruiser
Patience (card game) = Solitaire
Pecker (keep your pecker up) = keep your chin up; U.S. pecker = penis
Pram (peramulator) = baby carriage, baby buggy, stroller, walker
Petrol = gasoline, gas (to go in 買粉絲mobiles, airplane, etc.)
Pie = meat pie; U.S. pie is always a fruit or fruit-derived pie, unless "a meat pie" is specifically indicated
Pillar-box = mailbox, post office box, letter box, letter drop
Pissed (he was really...) = drunk; U.S. "pissed = angry, upset
Pitch (soccer) = field (football) [GB "football" = US "soccer"]
Plimsolls = sneakers, tennis shoes, gym shoes
Point = electric outlet, railroad switch (depending on 買粉絲ntext)
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