Author: Colleen
The next batch for our British English-to-American English dictionary consists of an array of terms related to random supplies–the sorts of things you’d find at Walgreens in the States or Boots in the UK.
cotton bud = cotton swab / Q-Tip
jab = shot (as in a flu shot or some other vaccine, which Boots does not sell, but will offer during flu season)
plaster = bandage / Band-Aid
pastille = lozenge
sellotape = Scotch tape
Tipp-Ex = White-Out
welly (slang) = condom (named after the rubber Wellington boots widely popular in the UK)
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