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Miscellaneous
Barrister   Trial Lawyer Chemist   Pharmacist
Dear   Expensive Elastic Band   Rubber Band
Plaster   Band-aid Holiday   Vacation
Kip   to Sleep/Nap Landlord   Owner/Manage of a Pub
Lift   Elevator Loo   Restroom
Moggy   Cat Naught   Zero
Pub   Public House, a tavern Rubber   Pencil Eraser
Sellotape   Transparent Tape Skive   Play Hookey, Skip School
Solicitor   Attorney (won't be involved in actual trial) Stone   unit of weight equal to 14 pounds
Surgery   Doctor or Dentist Office Tin   Can
Torch   Flashlight Wireless   Radio
Zed   the letter Z

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