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    1 aerodrome - airfield
    2 perambulator - baby buggy
    3 queue - line
    4 hair grip - bobby pin
    5 turf accountant - bookie
    6 chucker outer - bouncer
    7 boiled sweets - hard candy
    8 fascia panel - dashboard
    9 hooter - car horn
    10 accumulator - battery
    11 patechnicon - moving van
    12 lorry - truck
    13 transport cafe - truck stop
    14 draughts - checkers
    15 candy floss - cotton candy
    16 nappy - diaper
    17 chemist's - drug store
    18 egg flip - eggnog

    I had to use dictionary.com for patechnicon. Apparently it's a moving van - well, you learn summat new every day, don't ya? And I've never heard of a battery being called an accumulator either...

    (in letters, that's r n o q f g p a b d l m m k c i j e)
    Last edited by Skogs; 04-09-2004 at 12:41 AM.

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