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Cockney collapse: the nonstandard dialect of natives of the east end of London; a native of the east end of London; relating to or resembling a cockney; "Cockney street urchins"; characteristic of Cockneys or their dialect; "cockney vowels"

patois collapse: a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard

parlor collapse: reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received

workhouse collapse: a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months; a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor

telephone collapse: electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds; "I talked to him on the telephone"; transmitting speech at a distance

bookmaker collapse: a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races); a maker of books; someone who edits or publishes or binds books

loft collapse: floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage; a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept; floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space; lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a vessel's hull; kick or strike high in the air; "loft a ball"; propel through the air; "The rocket lofted the space shuttle into the air"; store in a loft

credence collapse: the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true; "he gave credence to the gossip"; "acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years"

scratch pad collapse: pad for preliminary or hasty writing or notes or sketches etc; "scribbling block" is a British term

studio collapse: workplace for the teaching or practice of an art; "she ran a dance studio"; "the music department provided studios for their students"; "you don't need a studio to make a passport photograph"; workplace consisting of a room or building where movies or television shows or radio programs are produced and recorded

calendar collapse: a list or register of events (appointments or social events or court cases etc); "I have you on my calendar for next Monday"; a tabular array of the days (usually for one year); a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year; enter into a calendar

altarpiece collapse: a painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table

printer collapse: a machine that prints; (computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing; someone whose occupation is printing

localism collapse: a phrase or pronunciation that is peculiar to a particular locality

dialect collapse: the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy"

consonance collapse: the property of sounding harmonious; the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words

pocketbook collapse: pocket-sized paperback book; your personal financial means; "that car is too expensive for my pocketbook"

catalog collapse: a book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things; "he found it in the Sears catalog"; a complete list of things; usually arranged systematically; "it does not pretend to be a catalogue of his achievements"

workbook collapse: a student's book or booklet containing problems with spaces for solving them

publisher collapse: a firm in the publishing business; a person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music; the proprietor of a newspaper

frontal collapse: a drapery that covers the front of an altar; belonging to the front part; "a frontal appendage"; of or adjacent to the forehead or frontal bone; "the frontal lobes"; meeting front to front; "a frontal attack"; "a head-on collision"; of or relating to the front of an advancing mass of air; "frontal rainfall"

scrapbook collapse: an album into which clippings or notes or pictures can be pasted

album collapse: a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for organizing photographs or stamp collections etc; one or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audio tape and compact disc

librarian collapse: a professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services

blotter collapse: the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station

Yankee collapse: an American (especially to non-Americans); an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War); used by Southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier)

clink collapse: make a high sound typical of glass; "champagne glasses clinked to make a toast"

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