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  2. List of garments having different names in American and ...

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    Old-fashioned style of apron Pinafore apron [6] Pinafore, pinafore apron [6] Sleeveless padded garment used as outerwear Gilet, body warmer [7] Vest, puffer vest [7] [8] Sleeveless garment used as outerwear Waistcoat [9] Vest, [8] tailored vest Sleeveless garment used as underwear Vest [8] Wifebeater, [10] undershirt [8]

  3. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    (informal, old-fashioned) urinate [156] spiffing (informal) very good (old-fashioned, or consciously used as old-fashioned, associated stereotypically with upper-class people) (US: spiffy) spiv a dealer in black market goods (during World War II). The term wide boy is also often used in the same sense spliff *

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    a baby's dummy (old-fashioned; US: pacifier) [9] one who comforts quilted bedspread (UK: duvet) commissioner: professional head of the Metropolitan Police Service and City of London Police (US: chief of police) A civilian public official in charge of a municipal governmental department, and particularly of a police department member of any ...

  5. Glossary of sewing terms - Wikipedia

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    tailor-made (from the second half of the twentieth century usually simplified to tailored) refers to clothing made by or in the style of clothes made by a tailor, characterized by simplicity of cut and trim and fine (often hand) finishing; as a women's clothing style tailored is opposed to dressmaker. thread Thread is a fine type of yarn. thimble

  6. Pennsylvania barn - Wikipedia

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    The name reflects the barn's probable origin in Switzerland. The Sweitzer is the "original Pennsylvania barn"; it was initially a log crib-type barn built between 1730 and 1850. [2]: 56 The distinguishing feature of this type of forebay barn is that the forebay projects in a way that the gable end is asymmetrical.

  7. English barn - Wikipedia

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    The English barn, or three-bay barn, is a barn style that was most popular in the northeast region of the US, [1] but are the most widespread barn type in America. This barn type is, with the New World Dutch barn , the oldest type and has been called the "...grandfather of the American barn."

  8. List of English words of Old English origin - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of English words inherited and derived directly from the Old English stage of the language. This list also includes neologisms formed from Old English roots and/or particles in later forms of English, and words borrowed into other languages (e.g. French, Anglo-French, etc.) then borrowed back into English (e.g. bateau, chiffon, gourmet, nordic, etc.).

  9. Dutch barn - Wikipedia

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    This barn has the oldest known barn timbers in its core dated to 1726 but the roof structure, side aisles and exterior are not original. [1] Dutch barn is the name given to markedly different types of barns in the United States and Canada, and in the United Kingdom. In the United States, Dutch barns (a. k. a.