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British & Irish slang
UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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dinner jacketdinner ladydinner mandinnertimedippy eggs
dɪpiˌɛɡz
diptelDirectionerdisability sportdisabled sportdisafforestdisallowˌdɪsəˈlaʊ
disbenchdischuffeddiscommondiscuss UgandadisgavelDisgusted of Tunbridge Wellsdishonoured billdisjaskitdispersal prisonDisprinDissenterdistribution parkdistrictˈdɪstɹɪkt
dividerdɪˈvaɪdə(ɹ)
divisionsdɪˈvɪʒənz
dizedizenˈdɪzən
DMVdo a bunkdo a flitdo a moonlight flitdo a power of gooddo a Reggie Perrindo a runnerdo birddo exactly what it says on the tindo fordo one's sumsdo the needfuldo you know the Bishop of Norwichdoctor'sˈdɑktɚz
doctor's ordersdodge the columndodgemˈdɒd͡ʒ.əm
dodgyˈdɒd͡ʒ.i
dodgy boxˈdɒd͡ʒ.iˌbɒks
doffdɒf
dog bone spannerdɒɡ boʊn ˈspæn.ə(ɹ)
dog wardendog-beedog-stonedog's breakfastdogcatcherdogdrawdogfishdoggingˈdɔɡɪŋ
doggy woggydogsbodyˈdɒɡz.bɒ.dɪ
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