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American-British
Glossary
Smoothing transatlantic
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Index
of Americanisms |
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B C D E
F G H
I J
K L M N
O P Q
R S T
U V W
X Y Z
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| kerosene |
paraffin |
| ketchup |
tomato
sauce, ketchup |
| kettle |
(in
U.S.) metal cooking pot with lid (e.g. 'fish kettle'); Americans refer
to the British type, water-boiling kettle as a 'teakettle' |
| kibitz
(v.) |
chat;
offer unwanted advice, esp. during card games |
| kindergarten |
first
year at school in the U.S., which corresponds to
infant school in the U.K. |
| kindergartner |
infant
(U.K. schoolchild under 7) |
| kitchen
stove (with oven and grill) |
cooker |
| Kleenex™ |
tissue,
paper handkerchief |
| knickers |
knickerbockers;
plus fours (these are baggy) |
| knock (on) wood
(said when hoping for
luck) |
touch wood |
| knock
up [slang] |
put in the family
way [colloq.], make pregnant |
| knucklehead
[colloq.] (idiot, stupid person) |
blockhead,
pinhead, jackass, twit [all colloq.], cretin |
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