Travel Reference
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publican: pub manager
pull: to attract romantic attention
punter: partygoer, customer
put a sock in it: shut up
quay (pronounced “key”): waterside street, ship offloading area
queue: line
queue up: line up
quick smart: immediately
quid: pound (money in Northern Ireland, worth about $1.60)
ramps: speed bumps
randy: horny
rat run: shortcut
redundant, made: laid off
return ticket: round-trip
ride: have sex with
ring up: call (telephone)
ROI: Republic of Ireland
roundabout: traffic circle
RTE: Irish Republic's broadcast network
rubber: eraser
runners: tennis shoes
sanitary towel: sanitary pad
sausage roll: sausage wrapped in a flaky pastry (like a pig in a blanket)
scarlet: embarrassed
Scotch egg: hard-boiled egg wrapped in sausage meat
self-catering: apartment with kitchen
sellotape: Scotch tape
serviette: napkin
session: musical evening
shag: have sex with
shag all: hardly any
shebeen: illegal drinking hole
single ticket: one-way ticket
skint: broke, poor
skip: Dumpster
slag: to ridicule, tease
smalls: underwear
snogging: kissing, making out
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