#household
36 words tagged “household”
Rhyming slang for table.
Rubber bands (New England)
Electricity (especially the bill/meter)
Fluff, lint or a dust-ball
A duvet / quilt.
The cupboard under the stairs.
Dust; airborne dirt
To tidy, clear or put in order — 'redd up'
Toilet paper.
The toilet.
Trash can (PR/DR)
A small latch or catch on a door/window
Toilet paper.
A chimney
A toilet.
A cupboard. Where the cups, tins or clothes live.
A splinter of wood
The TV remote control — what people in Michigan and New England call the thing that changes channels.
Household linen (sheets, towels).
Turn off the lights.
The lavatory or toilet
An outside toilet (privy).
The toilet
Toilet, especially an outdoor one.
A microwave oven.
A door latch — and the verb for lifting it.
A rag, dishcloth, or clout round the ear.
Shut the door — yelled by every Welsh parent ever.
Crockery — plates, cups, the lot.
A rubbish heap or dustbin — old Black Country word for the midden.
Your bits, bobs, knick-knacks and clutter — Black Country for 'stuff'.
To hang washing on the line; also to collapse or die.
A rubbish heap; a very messy place
Rhyming slang for pillow.
Through to the other room / the inner part of the house
Shut the door; you're wasting the AC or heat.