 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdomclanger - a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate; "he dropped a clanger" clawback - finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way; "the Treasury will find some clawback for the extra benefits members received" lucky dip - a selection or decision purely at random; "their system of hiring people seemed to be a sort of lucky dip" flit - a secret move (to avoid paying debts); "they did a moonlight flit" rustication - temporary dismissal of a student from a university perambulation - a walk around a territory (a parish or manor or forest etc.) in order to officially assert and record its boundaries fare-stage - a section along the route of a bus for which the fare is the same pony-trekking - a sport in which people ride across country on ponies fives - a game resembling handball; played on a court with a front wall and two side walls bar billiards, bagatelle - a table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over tombola - a lottery in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum ludo - a simple board game in which players move counters according to the throw of dice lucky dip - a game in which prizes (e.g., candies or coins) are concealed in a container and for a small sum a player can draw one out at random piss-up - vulgar expression for a bout of heavy drinking rag - a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students) hornpipe - a British solo dance performed by sailors panto - an abbreviation of pantomime minister - the job of a head of a government department headship - the position of headmaster or headmistress 11-plus, eleven-plus - (formerly in Britain) an examination taken by 11 and 12 year old students to select suitable candidates for grammar school swiz - British slang for a swindle fire watching - (during World War II in Britain) watching for fires started by bombs that dropped from the sky snogging - (British informal) cuddle and kiss zizz - a nap; "Arthur's taking a short zizz" dekko - British slang for a look rub up - a review that refreshes your memory; "I need a rub up on my Latin" shufti - a quick look around (originally military slang); "take a shufti while you're out there" lie-in - a long stay in bed in the morning point duty - the control of traffic by a policeman stationed at an intersection invigilation - keeping watch over examination candidates to prevent cheating aggro - (informal British usage) aggravation or aggression; "I skipped it because it was too much aggro" punch-up - a fistfight; "the quarrel ended in a punch-up" go-slow - a form of protest by workers in which they deliberately slow down in order to cause problem from their employers Battle of Britain - the prolonged bombardment of British cities by the German Luftwaffe during World War II and the aerial combat that accompanied it backbench - any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons | 
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