English
bristol
see also: Bristol
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈbɹɪstəl/
Noun

bristol (plural bristols)

  1. (Cockney rhyming slang, usually in the plural) A woman's breast
    • 2010, William Regal, Walking a Golden Mile
      Finally the dancer whipped her bikini top off and her bristols fell out. They looked like a pair of slatelayers' nailbags.
Synonyms
Bristol
Pronunciation
  • (RP, America) IPA: /ˈbɹɪstəl/
Proper noun
  1. A city/county/and/unitary authority in southwest England bordering Gloucestershire, Somerset and The River Severn.
  2. Several places in Canada:
    1. A former village in Carleton County, New Brunswick, merged into the town of Florenceville-Bristol in 2008.
    2. A municipality in Ouataouais, Quebec.
    3. A community in Region of Queens Municipality, Nova Scotia.
  3. A populated place in Limón, Costa Rica.
  4. A populated place in Cornwall, Jamaica.
  5. A populated place in Loreto, Peru.
  6. Several places in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Prowers County, Colorado.
    2. A suburban city in Hartford County, Connecticut.
    3. A small city/county seat in Liberty County, Florida.
    4. An unincorporated community in Pierce County, Georgia.
    5. An unincorporated community in Bristol Township, Kendall County.
    6. A town in Washington Township, Elkhart County.
    7. A town in Lincoln County, Maine.
    8. An unincorporated community in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
    9. A ghost town in Lake County, Michigan.
    10. A community in Independence, Jackson County.
    11. A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
    12. A town in Ontario County, New York.
    13. An unincorporated community in Pike Township, Perry County.
    14. A borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
    15. A town in Bristol County, Rhode Island, and the traditional county seat.
    16. A tiny city in Day County, South Dakota.
    17. A city in Sullivan County, Tennessee.
    18. CDP in Ellis County, Texas.
    19. A town in Addison County, Vermont.
    20. An independent city in Virginia, USA.
    21. An unincorporated community in Kittitas County, Washington.
    22. An unincorporated community in Harrison County, West Virginia.
    23. A town in Dane County, Wisconsin.
    24. A former town in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, disestablished in 2010; most of the town became the village of Bristol, while the remainder was annexed to the village of Pleasant Prairie.
    25. A village in Kenosha County, Wisconsin.
  7. Surname
Translations
  • French: Bristol
  • Portuguese: Bristol
  • Russian: Бристо́ль
Noun

bristol

  1. Synonym of Bristol board#English|Bristol board (“kind of heavy paper”)
  2. (countable, tiddlywinks) A shot that moves a whole pile of winks rather than just one.
    • 2007, Forbes (volume 180, issues 8-13, page 93)
      In the Cambridge-improved version of tiddlywinks, potting isn't everything. […] Most of the matches I watched during the tournament were defensive struggles like this one, games that came down to squops, gromps and Bristols.


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