balls-up, ballup, cockup, mess-up - something badly botched or muddled

clanger - a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate; "he dropped a clanger"

clawback - finding a way to take money back from people that they were given in another way; "the Treasury will find some clawback for the extra benefits members received"

lucky dip - a selection or decision purely at random; "their system of hiring people seemed to be a sort of lucky dip"

flit - a secret move (to avoid paying debts); "they did a moonlight flit"

rustication - temporary dismissal of a student from a university

perambulation - a walk around a territory (a parish or manor or forrest etc.) in order to officially assert and record its boundaries

fare-stage - a section along the route of a bus for which the fare is the same

pony-trekking - a sport in which people ride across country on ponies

rugby, rugby football, rugger - a form of football played with an oval ball

fives - a game resembling handball; played on a court with a front wall and two side walls

bar billiards, bagatelle - a table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over

tombola - a lottery in which tickets are drawn from a revolving drum

ludo - a simple board game in which players move counters according to the throw of dice

shove-ha'penny, shove-halfpenny, shovel board - a game in which coins or discs are slid by hand across a board toward a mark

lucky dip - a game in which prizes (e.g., candies or coins) are concealed in a container and for a small sum a player can draw one out at random

piss-up - vulgar expression for a bout of heavy drinking

rag - a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)

panto - an abbreviation of pantomime

doddle - an easy task

national service - (United Kingdom) compulsory service in the military during peacetime

minister - the job of a head of a government department

headship - the position of headmaster or headmistress

costing - cost accounting

Ministry of Transportation test, MOT test, MOT - a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes

fire watching - (during World War II in Britain) watching for fires started by bombs that dropped from the sky

snogging - (British informal) cuddle and kiss

zizz - a nap; "Arthur's taking a short zizz"

square-bashing - drill on a barracks square

rub up - a review that refreshes your memory; "I need a rub up on my Latin"

shufti - a quick look around (originally military slang); "take a shufti while you're out there"

lie-in - a long stay in bed in the morning

point duty - the control of traffic by a policeman stationed at an intersection

national assistance, social assistance, supplementary benefit - benefits paid to bring incomes up to minimum levels established by law

pogey, pogy, dole - money received from the state

boot sale, car boot sale - an outdoor sale at which people sell things from the trunk of their car

invigilation - keeping watch over examination candidates to prevent cheating

aggro - (informal British usage) aggravation or aggression; "I skipped it because it was too much aggro"

punch-up - a fistfight; "the quarrel ended in a punch-up"

go-slow - a form of protest by workers in which they deliberately slow down in order to cause problem from their employers

Battle of Britain - the prolonged bombardment of British cities by the German Luftwaffe during World War II and the aerial combat that accompanied it

arterial road - a major or main route

backbench - any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons

bar - a heating element in an electric fire; "an electric fire with three bars"

betting shop - a licensed bookmaker's shop that is not at the race track