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Uxbridge English Dictionary

krus_aragon

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In trying to follow a (vague) fruit & veg theme:

Watermelon - Oaf

Marrow - What I fire from M'bow

Pomegranate - Give me a glass of magma

Mushroom - Husky's kennel
 
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Welshman

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Proficient - angling competition for academics

Ukip - a down-market hotel chain

Predicate - a feline prize-winner

directory - an honest politician [possibly also oxymoronic!]

en-suite - a dessert listed on the menu and still available

taffeta - a Greek cheese favoured by Welshmen
 
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341o2

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Defence - De wooden stuff you put round de garden.

that's an oldie - but still funny - as in

"Mr President, what is your policy regarding defence?"

"Defence...well, de man wid' de nails am comin' ta fix it"
 

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Debate - what is put on de hook to attract de fish.
Define - what you get for travelling on de train without a ticket.
Detest - see if it works.
Debar - where you get de drinks.
Depict - ancient tribe member.
Design - it points de way

Collier - like a collie but more so.
 

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Not one that's very PC, but here goes:-

HEBRIDES - are you sure that's a woman our Johnny is walking down the aisle with?
 

krus_aragon

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Loafing - Item on the ground
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Antwerp - Term of abuse, used by Dec.
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Joculate - Tardy Scotsman
 

Welshman

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rectangular
A drunken fisherman

validate
A night out with Jeeves.

whimsical
Like a detective novel by Dorothy L Sayers

basilica
Famous vehicle in Fawlty Towers.

accessible
Plan to visit wife of proprietor of above.

brontosaurus
Gift shop at Howarth Parsonage Museum.
 
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61653 HTAFC

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Bradford (as pronounced by locals):
A method of sending unruly children across a river.
Wakefield : The post-surgery recovery area of a cottage hospital, OR an outdoor memorial service.
Dewsbury : A Semitic funeral.
 

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