BRITISH AMERICAN ENG

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cack: crap
cack-handed: clumsy
cad: asshole
caff: café
cake hole: mouth
calling line ID: caller ID
caned: stoned
Cantabrigian: person from Cambridge
car boot sale: boot sale
Car park: parking lot
Caravan: trailer
Carborundum: whetstone
Cardphone: phone kiosk containing phone
Caretaker, porter: janiter
Carney: maliciously cunning
Carrageen: Irish moss
Carrier: bag
Carrier bag: plastic varry bag
Catalyse: catalyze
Caster sugar: powdered sugar
Catapult: slingshot
catherine wheel: cart wheel
catherine wheel: rotating firework
Cattle grid: Texas gate
catty: catapult
cautic soda: lye
cailidh: dance
centre, city or business: downtown
centre reservation: median trip or divider
change: shift
chap: guy
Char: char lady
Char: tea
Charlie: twit
Charlies: breasts
Chartered accountant: CPA
Chartered surveyor: licensed
Chat: rap
Chat up: pick up
Chat up line: pick up line
Cheap: inexpensive
Cheap and nasty: mickey mouse
Cheat: gyp, bum steer
cheeky: impudent
cheerio: bye-bye
cheers: a toast, thanks, besh wishes
cheesed off: bored, fed up, teed off
cheese on toast: cheese melted on toast
Chelsea unwinder: cinnamon roll
chemist: druggist, pharmacist
chemist’s: drugstore
cheque: check
chi: tea
chickpea: garbanzo
chicory: Belgian chicory, witloof
chillum: clay, wood
chimney: smokestack
china: mate
chinese gooseberry: kiwi fruit
Chinless wonder: infeffectual usual upper class person
chip butty: bread and butter
Chippie: resentful
Chippy: carpenter
Chips: french fries
Chropodist: podiatrist
Chivvy: hurry along
Chirpy: peppy, cheerful and lively
Choccy biccies: scrumptious chocolate biscuits
Choc-ice: chocolate cover ice cream bar
Chock a block: completely full, chock-full
Chocked: speechless with emotion
Cholmondesley, Chalmondley: last name famous for its surprising
Chopper: penis
Christian name: first name, given name
Christmas cracker: fire cracker
Chuffed: pleased
Chumley: Cholmondesley
Chunder: throw up
Chunter: grumble, mutter
CID: criminal investigation department
cinema: movie theater
claggy: filthy, grody, crusty
clanger: blunder, blooper
Clarts: muddy, filthy
Class: grade, form
Clear off: go away, beat it
Clerk
Click: realise, flash of understanding
Cling film: sarawrap
Clink: prison
Cloakroom: checkroom
Clobber: clothing, gear, kit
Clothes peg: clothspin
Clot: clumsy person
Clotted cream: really thick rich cream
Clout: hit, slap, clip
In the club: pregnant
Coach: comercial bus service
Cob: foul mood
Cobblers: nonsense
Cock: mate
Cock: nonsense
Cockles: edible bivalve
Cockney: east ended
Cock-up: screw-up
Cocoa
Codger: old man
Codswallop: hogwash
Cold water dispenser: water cooler
Collar stiffener: collar stay
Collar stud: collar button
Collywobbles: nervousness
Comfy: comfortable
Comic: comic book, strip cartoons
Comericial traveller: travelling salesperson
Commisioner for oaths: notary public
Commonwealth: dependencies
Complain: bitch
Conk: nose, hooter
Conker: buckeye, horse chestnut
Conscription: draft
Continent: the continent of Europe
Convoy: caravan
Cooker: stove
Coon: blck person
Copper: policeman
Copper: penny
Coppers: pennies
Coppice: thicket, copse
Cor: wow
cor blimey: down to earth
coriander: cilantro
corn: grain cereal
cornet: ice cream cone
cornflour: constarch
cosh: bludgeon, club
cos lettuce: romane lettuce
costs a bomb: expensive
costs a packet: expensive
cot: baby’s crib
cottage pie: a baked dish of minced meat topped with mashed potato.
cotton: thread
cotton: realise, twig, tumble
cotton wool: cotton (balls)
couch grass: crab grass
council tax: a nasty, compulsory pro-perty tax
counterpane: bedspread
couple of bob: some money
courgettes: zucchini
courtesy: kertesee
conventry, send to: ostracize
cow: irrigating woman
cow gum: rubber cement
crunchie: butterfingers
crushing bore: mercilessly boring person or situation
crustie: homeless person, young, deadlocks, begging, dog on leash
crutch: crotch
cul-de-sac: dead end, not a through street
cupboard: closet
cuppa: a cup of tea
currant bread: raisin bread
currant bun: sun
current account: checking account
curriculum vitae: resume
custard: made with milk and fine corn flour
custard apple: sweetsop
cwm: valley