(UK, historical) A free school for poor children, where they were taught and in part fed.
(UK, historical) A free school for poor children, where they were taught and in part fed.
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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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(slang, vulgar, derogatory) Shabby, miserably inadequate.
(UK, slang, obsolete) The Army and Navy Club in London, England.
Past participle of 'rug' (rug-pull). To be defrauded by a project that abruptly disappears with investor funds. Crypto-native but spread to any platform shutdown without warning.
(slang, vulgar, derogatory) (Of a person) new and inexperienced.
(chiefly, _, Scottish) A dilapidated or ramshackle building.