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spit-and-sawdust
spit-and-sawdust
(British) a spit-and-sawdust pub (= type of bar that is found in Britain) is dirty and untidy and is not modern or attractive (always before noun) There are one or two spit-and-sawdust pubs in the town centre but nothing remotely trendy.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Coline | | - | French |
| Golshan | | - | Persian |
| Margit | | - | Hungarian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Estonian |
| Zelimkhan | | - | Chechen |
| Hedy | | HE-dee (German), HAY-dee (Dutch) | German, Dutch |
| Roul | | - | Medieval French, Medieval English |