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Wench

Girl / young female

Typical of contemporary language spoken in the Black Country, a highly industrialised region of the West Midlands, a county in central England.

Often so broad as to be intelligible, this dialect is know as "Black Country Spake"
* "Come over 'ere wench."
* "Our kid gets all the wenches."
* "Yow ain't ever bin with a wench."
by Awkward broccoli January 8, 2024
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Out house

Toilet, privy, latrine, lavatory, "the bog"
An outside toilet (usually in the yard/garden of a house) {UK}
Only a few remain, a brick building about 4ft x 2ft with an earth latrine or a ceramic toilet. Squares of newspaper hanged on a piece of string, for wiping.

Remembered as cold, inconvenient or shared with neighbours.
* "Did you leave that candle in the out house?"
* "The out house is full of spiders"
* "Ooh! Look at you with your fancy out house."
* "Our Joan was trapped in the out house all night long."
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h'ware

How are {abbreviation} UK colloquial

H'war

How're
pronounced "hwar"
* H'ware ya? {greeting}
* H'ware the hell you doing?
* H'ware the crotch goblins anyway?
* If I go, h'ware you gonna feel?
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Scop eye

Dilated pupil(s) caused by exposure to particles of scopolamine, usually affecting chemists and lab technicians and caused by the mishandling of the chemical
* "I accidentally tore the bag and got a cloud of the stuff in my face. My colleague looked at me and told me I had Scop eye "
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Wet legs

Derogatory nickname for somebody that wets themselves/has urinary incontinence.

{typically used by school children}
* "Hey, look! There's wet legs."
* "I'm not sitting next to wet legs."
* "Remember wet legs from school?"
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Wa'll

we-all . All of us . plural
(also we all, we-alls)

{US slang/ British mocking of y'all}
* Wa'll love a good revolution

* I think wa'll would appreciate a term like this added to the dictionary

* Wa'll better than the rest of the world
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Grey pays

Maple peas (sometimes yellow split peas).

Key ingredient in hearty, traditional dish from the Black Country (large industrial region in central England).
The dried pulses, bacon, water, seasoning, onion (optional), cooked slowly and served with faggots.
Popular street food and in pubs, especially with football goers.

Pronounced "gray pays" due to the strong and recognisable accent of the region.
* "let's get us gray pays half time, son."

* "That's proper black country grub, that is. Gray pays and bacon. That takes me back, our kid."

* "Our mam does the best grey pays."
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