<Dd> personal bank account used for everyday transactions (US: checking account) </Dd> <Dd> most often abbreviated as CV, education and employment history (US: résumé) </Dd> <Dl> <Dt> daft * </Dt> <Dd> odd, mad, eccentric, daffy, crazy--often with the implication of it being amusingly so . "Don't be daft" and "don't be silly" are approximately synonymous . </Dd> <Dt> dekko </Dt> <Dd> (informal) a look, reconnoître "I'll take a dekko at it later ."--British military slang derived from the Hindustani dhek / dekho meaning "to see". Also less commonly decco, deccie, deek, deeks . </Dd> <Dt> dene </Dt> <Dd> wooded valley or seaside dune (mainly SW England) </Dd> <Dt> div, divvy </Dt> <Dd> (slang) a fool or idiot; adjective form, divvy, foolish or idiotic . </Dd> <Dt> doddle </Dt> <Dd> something accomplished easily--"It's a doddle", meaning "it's easy". </Dd> <Dt> dodgems * </Dt> <Dd> funfair or fairground bumper cars </Dd> <Dt> dodgy * </Dt> <Dd> unsound, unstable, and unreliable (US: sketchy).' That bloke over there looks a bit dodgy' </Dd> <Dt> dogsbody </Dt> <Dd> someone who carries out menial tasks on another's behalf; a drudge (US: grunt) </Dd> <Dt> the dog's bollocks </Dt> <Dd> (vulgar) something excellent or top quality, the "bee's knees" (the business), the "cat's whiskers". Sometimes just "the bollocks ." (US: the shit). In polite company this phrase may be toned down to "The mutt's nuts", or the phrase "The bee's knees" (the business) may be used as a polite substitute . The etymology of this expression is said by some to derive from printers' slang for the punctuation symbol': -' when printing involved the use of carved metal blocks to form typesetting . </Dd> <Dt> dole * </Dt> <Dd> (informal) welfare, specifically unemployment benefit . Sometimes used in the US, esp . older generation </Dd> <Dt> door furniture </Dt> <Dd> (US: door hardware) </Dd> <Dt> donkey's years </Dt> <Dd> a very long time . (originally "donkey's ears" as rhyming slang). </Dd> <Dt> dosh </Dt> <Dd> (slang) money (US: dough) "how much dosh you got on ya?" </Dd> <Dt> doss </Dt> <Dd> to be lazy, "I've been dossing all day", also can mean to truant, "dossing off" (similar to bunking off). Additionally it can informally take the form of a noun (i.e. "that lesson was a doss", meaning that lesson was easy, or good (primarily central Scotland). Also "dosser", a lazy person, or a tramp (US bum); "to doss down", to find a place to sleep, to sleep on some substitute for a bed such as a sofa, the floor, or a park bench; "doss - house", temporary accommodation for tramps or homeless people, cheap dilapidated rented accommodation with low standards of cleanliness (US: flophouse) </Dd> <Dt> double first </Dt> <Dd> an undergraduate degree where the candidate has gained First - Class Honours in two separate subjects, or alternatively in the same subject in subsequent examinations (see British undergraduate degree classification) </Dd> <Dt> draper </Dt> <Dd> a dealer in drapery (i.e. clothing, textiles, etc .) (US: dry goods (DM)) </Dd> <Dt> draughts </Dt> <Dd> the board game (US: checkers) </Dd> <Dt> drawing pin * </Dt> <Dd> pin with a large, flat head, used for fixing notices to noticeboards etc . (US: thumbtack) </Dd> <Dt> dress circle </Dt> <Dd> the seats in the first balcony of a theatre (US: balcony or loge although dress circle is used in a few very large opera houses that have many levels of balconies) </Dd> <Dt> drink - driving </Dt> <Dd> operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol (US: drunk driving; DUI (Driving Under the Influence); DWI (Driving While Intoxicated / Impaired); OWI (Operating While Intoxicated)) </Dd> <Dt> driving licence </Dt> <Dd> document authorising the holder to drive a vehicle (US: driver's license, driver license) </Dd> <Dt> dual carriageway </Dt> <Dd> road, usually a major one, with each direction of travel separated from the opposing one by a traffic - free, and usually slightly raised, central reservation . Each direction of travel (carriageway) comprises two or more' lanes' . (US: divided highway) </Dd> <Dt> dustbin </Dt> <Dd> (sometimes used in the US) receptacle for rubbish, very often shortened to' bin' . (US: trash can; wastebasket) </Dd> <Dt> dustbin man or dustman </Dt> <Dd> rubbish collector (US: garbage man; trash man; sanitation engineer) </Dd> <Dt> dustcart </Dt> <Dd> rubbish / refuse collecting vehicle (US: garbage truck; trash truck) </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> odd, mad, eccentric, daffy, crazy--often with the implication of it being amusingly so . "Don't be daft" and "don't be silly" are approximately synonymous . </Dd>

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