Smithereens
Tiny fragments or pieces
Canteen
A portable container for food used in wartime by the military
Tinned
Canned
Half A Crown
Pre-decimal currency used in Britain
Repulsive
Repugnant, nauseating
Cad
Scoundrel; man who cheats on and swindles women
Maidenhead
City in Berkshire around twenty miles from Slough, but very genteel and pleasant, Slough's opposite
Makes of Cars
Models or manufacturers of cars
Bogus
Fake
Bogus Tudor
Mock-Tudor recreation of old traditional ale houses or hoselries
Belch
Burp
Peroxide Hair
Home-dyed hair
Synthetic
Not real; man-made
Labour-Saving
Appliances or ways of doing things that don't necessarily save time, but that save effort
Tinned Beans
Baked beans in tomato sauce
Ninety-Seven Down
Ninety-seven per cent of the house price paid with a mortgage payment of half a crown for the next twenty years
Double Chin
Fat pouch under the chin
