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Thread #124681   Message #2757127
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
31-Oct-09 - 09:34 PM
Thread Name: BS: American English usages taking over Brit
Subject: RE: BS: American English usages taking over Brit
Cupboard- now there's one that would stump someone who is shaky in English! A board for cups? How odd!

Had to look this one up- the OED gives a three-barreled definition as number 1:
"A 'board' or table to place cups and other vessels on, a piece of furniture for the display of plate, a sideboard or buffet. I don't think the first is current in U. S. or Canada.