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Welshman

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sic gloria transit mundi
Our Gloria was ill on the school bus last Monday.

Magna Carta
An important player in the haulage business.
 

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Mustard - lateness caused by over-zealous facial-hair grooming.
Custard - to berate someone for poor timekeeping.
Ketchup - a very affectionate Welsh-speaking South African.
Brown Sauce - the poppy fields of Afghanistan.
Barbeque Sauce - the "seasonal" aisle at Tesco.
 

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Contraction - A new-build steam engine (such as Tornado or Betton Grange)

Retraction - A Deltic in Newcastle
Abstraction - a locomotive that's been working out.
Detraction - to uncouple the locomotive from its carriages.
Detractor - what's happening on the Cumbrian Coast.
 

bnm

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Extractor Fan A former farm machinery enthusiast.
 

Busaholic

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CREME DE LA CREME - winner of the Best Crematorium Award


(with thanks to Giles Brandreth)
 

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Flattery - an Estate Agents Office
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Flattery - Mr. Venables never saw that steamroller coming...

Trigonometry - The tradition of allowing death-row inmates to choose their executioner.
Stethoscope - Keeping tabs on Stephanie
 

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