BRITISH ENGLISH
Braces are what the Brits call these, an alternative to a belt
suspenders
The proverbially soft or vulnerable part of the body
underbelly
In November 1621 the Fortune, the second ship to reach this Massachusetts colony, brought 35 more people
Plymouth
From his 1788 will: "The philosophical instruments I have in Philadelphia I give to my ingenious friend, Francis Hopkinson"
Benjamin Franklin
Footpads did their robbing on foot; these bad boys commanded victims to stand & deliver from horseback
highwaymen
This word for a lawyer contains a synonym for the legal profession
barrister
A verb meaning to transform from liquid to gas
evaporate
Since Pennsylvania had no coastline, in 1682 William Penn was granted land that later became this state
Delaware
In his 1994 will, Warren Burger didn't give specific powers to his executors--well, it had been 8 years since he'd been this
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
The aromatic "seeds" of this cooking plant are really its small fruits
caraway
Instead of "cell phone", the Brits use this adjective, reflecting the fact that you can take the phone with you
mobile
This word, the "S" in ASPCA, squeezes 4 syllables into just 7 letters
Society
In 1664 the British sailed into New Amsterdam & this governor surrendered the city
Peter Stuyvesant
Speechwriter Ted Sorensen witnessed the June 18, 1954 signing of this then-senator's will
John F. Kennedy
This 2-word term for a high-speed computing network zoomed into print in Newsweek in 1983
information superhighway
A kind of sleeveless dress, it's also the across-the-pond word for a pullover sweater
a jumper
This adjective means pertaining to the Earth
terrestrial
His victory in the 1742 Battle of Bloody Marsh ended Spain's claim to Georgia
James Oglethorpe
This heiress' 1993 will disposed of property in NYC, Newport, Beverly Hills & Honolulu & sent $10 million to Durham, N.C.
Doris Duke
Alexander Selkirk, from 1704 to 1709
castaway
It's what the British call the hood of a car
the bonnet
Territory over which a court's authority is exercised
jurisdiction
Born in Senegal around 1753, she wrote "Poems on Various Subjects: Religious and Moral" after coming to America
Phillis Wheatley
His 1909 will named his daughter Clara & biographer Albert Bigelow Paine to help manage his literary estate
Mark Twain
Stone pillars projecting from the coast of Northern Ireland are known as the Giant's this
causeway