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Alternative word definitions

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SunshineDays2019 · 15/05/2020 11:48

Dogmatic - a fancy washer/dryer for your mutt
Petticoat - coats that awkwardly won't do up, hood falls down in the rain etc

Any more? Grin

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Mysterian · 15/05/2020 13:27

Blue Tits. Unfortunate circulatory complaint.
Cardboard. The tedious sending of Christmas greetings to people you wouldn't want to talk to.
Seaside. Hardest to play bit of a vinyl record.

therobin · 15/05/2020 13:32

OP you should read the Uxbridge dictionary by Tim Brooke-Taylor (RIP) and others.

The most apt entry will soon (?) be Barbecue: long wait for a haircut, some of them are laugh out loud hilarious.

Piemam · 15/05/2020 14:31

Worrywart- an anxious lump

SunshineDays2019 · 15/05/2020 15:32

Ah these are all great! Cardboard!! Grin
Thanks, I will take a look at that dictionary!

Handyman, an over amorous lover?! Shock

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softjellycell · 15/05/2020 15:52

Loiter - how Black country folk/Bristolians light their cigarettes.
Miniscule - preschool for Liverpudlian toddlers.

You probably need to be able to do the accents. I naturally have one and can do the other.

Ricekrispie22 · 15/05/2020 16:46

Coffee - a person who is coughed upon.
Flabbergasted - appalled over how much weight you have gained.
Balderdash - rapidly retreating hairline

Ricekrispie22 · 15/05/2020 16:47

medieval - not completely wicked
medical staff - a doctor’s walking stick

SunshineDays2019 · 15/05/2020 17:04

Ha ha love these! Grin

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