Beckham bone n.— «The Jones fracture, as it came to be called, occurs near the ankle end of the bone, and befalls dancers and soccer players (the metatarsal is known in England as “the Beckham bone”); the Vineyard fracture, meanwhile, is...
barrier nursing n.— «In 1943 my mother arrived as the new sister on a children’s ward in a north of England hospital—which had a matron—to find chickenpox was endemic there. She cleared it up by using a technique known as barrier nursing...
cow-dust hour n.— «It was the Indian “cow-dust hour”—an hour fit for reverie, all the more for Colonel X, because he was due to return to England within the month.» —“A Second Chance” Times (London...
ghosting n.— «The volunteers at the centre of the organisation are working to improve legal representation for asylum seekers taken into detention to combat the process known as “ghosting,” where families arrested over the...
stiff v.— «There was another single, “Listen To Me” (on which Nash probably participates), a fine commercial record which was (as usual) an English smash and an American stiff.…A slow-paced single called “The...
chicken-in-a-basket n.— «I was once in this apalling cabaret trio, and we were playing in Liverpool at a place that was part of what was known in England as the chicken-in-a-basket circuit.» —“Legg Fuses Passion...