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downer wrote: Sat Apr 24, 2021 4:37 pm Cabochon - The headlight on a taxi.
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Promaster- Pimp.
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Chronometer - How Mr Ward describes his parking place.
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Orient Ray - The guy behind the counter at our Chinese takeaway.
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Savonette movements - The contortions you perform when trying to locate the soap in the bath.
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Verge and foliot - Tudor dances

Striking train - British Rail in the 70s
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Lady Hamilton - Nelson's bit on the side
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Movado - an unrefined cane sugar that contains natural molasses.
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Planet Ocean - Kevin Costner meets Ursula le Guin.
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Breitling - A student doing really well in languages.
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North flag - the saltire
watching you fail in your quest for a “one watch” has been great entertainment
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Tudor Glamour - Claire Foy in Wolf Hall.
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Manual wind-The blast of air that hits your face, when you close the instruction booklet, quickly.

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:lol: :lol: :lol:
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316L: A preservative added to watches to make them last longer.

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