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But the Englishman will innocently use many words and phrases that
have indecent significances in the United States, quite lacking in
England, _e.g._, _the be knocked up_ (to be tired), _to stay with_ (to
be the guest of), _screw_ (as a noun, meaning salary or pay), _to keep
one's pecker up_, _douch_ (shower bath) and _cock_ (a male chicken).
		-- H.L. Mencken, _The American Language_, "American
		   and English"

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