The watchaholic's alternative dictionary

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Hardened steel - robbery with menaces
watching you fail in your quest for a “one watch” has been great entertainment
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Etachocs - A flavour of Italian ice cream
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Copper alloy - someone who sides with a policeman
watching you fail in your quest for a “one watch” has been great entertainment
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Gematria - An arcane and complex mediaeval secret number code only fully understood by Rolex and Seiko owners.
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missF wrote: Sat Apr 24, 2021 7:03 pm Copper alloy - someone who sides with a policeman
In Birmingham.
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:lol: :)
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Positional Error - A frequent source of embarassment in the bedroom.
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:clap: :clap:
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Screw down pushers - the latest police initiative to reduce duvet smoking.
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Small seconds - clothes you’ve set aside for the charity shop because you shrunk them in the wash
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Single pass strap - teacher’s punishment for only getting one O level
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Perlon- a single-rib textured knitting pattern
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Minute repeater - annoying diminutive person with nothing original to say.
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Portuguese - the Special One
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Bund strap - German name for lederhosen suspenders.
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