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and
conjunction
1066 And All That
Abbott and Costello
accident and emergency
noun
Alcock and Brown
All Things Bright and Beautiful
Amos and Andy
Androcles and the Lion
Antony and Cleopatra
Arabian Nights, the
Argyll and Bute
assault and battery
noun
Crime
B and B
Tourism
ball and chain
noun
Barnes and Noble
Beauty and the Beast
bed and board
noun
bed and breakfast
noun
Tourism
Better Homes and Gardens
black and blue
adjective
Illness and Disability
Black and Tans, the
black and white
adjective
Colours
block and tackle
noun
Technology
blood-and-guts
adjective
blood-and-thunder
adjective
Bonnie and Clyde
bread-and-butter
adjective
breaking and entering
noun
Crime
Brewer's
bubble and squeak
noun
Food Dish
Capulets and Montagues, the
cash and carry
noun
Trade
Castor and Pollux
chip and pin
noun
Chutes and Ladders
cloak-and-dagger
adjective
country and western
noun
Music
crash and burn
1
verb
crash and burn
2
noun
Currier and Ives
Customs and Excise
noun
Officials
cut and dried
adjective
D and C
noun
Hospital
Daphnis and Chloe
Darby and Joan
noun
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, The
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Education and Skills, the
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the
Department for Work and Pensions
Department of Health and Human Services, the
Department of Housing and Urban Development, the
Department of Trade and Industry, the
do
3
noun
dollars-and-cents
adjective
Finance
,
Economics
down-and-out
1
adjective
down-and-out
2
noun
Sociology
dribs and drabs
noun
ducks and drakes
noun
Other Games
Dumfries and Galloway
Dungeons and Dragons
Economic and Monetary Union
Edinburgh Festival, the
Exchange and Mart
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the
Ferdinand and Isabella
Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
Field and Stream
fish and chips
noun
Food Dish
five-and-ten
noun
Food and Agriculture Organization, the
Food and Drug Administration, the
foot and mouth disease
noun
Illness and Disability
,
Agriculture
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
noun
Foreign Office
noun
Fox and the Grapes, The
free and easy
adjective
French and Indian War, the
front and center
adjective
Gawain and the Green Knight, Sir
get-up-and-go
noun
Gilbert and Sullivan
gin and tonic
noun
Drink
give-and-take
noun
Gog and Magog
goods and chattels
noun
half-and-half
noun
Drink
hammer and sickle
noun
Politics
Hansel and Gretel
hard-and-fast
adjective
Hare and the Tortoise, The
health and safety
noun
Employment
Health and Safety at Work Act, the
Health and Safety Executive, the
hide-and-seek
noun
Other Games
Highlands and Islands
Hirshorn
hit-and-miss
adjective
hit-and-run
adjective
Crime
,
Motor Vehicles
Holly and the Ivy, The
hook and eye
noun
Clothes
Housing and Urban Development
hue and cry
noun
Hymns Ancient and Modern
Immigration and Naturalization Service, the
ins and outs
noun
Jack and Jill
Jack and the Beanstalk
Jekyll and Hyde
noun
Kensington
kiss-and-tell
noun
kith and kin
noun
Lady and the Tramp
Land of Hope and Glory
Laurel and Hardy
Lewis and Clark
Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The
lost-and-found
noun
Masters and Johnson
meet-and-greet
noun
Mills and Boon
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
mom-and-pop
adjective
Business Basics
Monopolies and Mergers Commission, the
National Foundation of the Arts and the Humanities
nickel-and-dime
1
verb
nickel-and-dime
2
adjective
noughts and crosses
noun
Other Games
odds and ends
noun
Office of Management and Budget, the
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
open-and-shut case
noun
Law
Orpheus and Eurydice
out-and-out
adjective
Owl and the Pussycat, The
park and ride
noun
Motor Vehicles
Patent and Trademark Office, The
pepper-and-salt
adjective
Colours
Perth and Kinross
pick-and-mix
adjective
pins and needles
noun
Illness and Disability
pitch-and-putt
noun
Golf
plug and play
noun
Computers
Pride and Prejudice
Princess and the Pea, The
profit and loss account
noun
Companies
Punch and Judy show
noun
Outdoor
Pyramus and Thisbe
R and A, the
rag-and-bone-man
noun
Occupations
rank and file
noun
research and development
noun
Business Basics
rhythm and blues
noun
Music
rock and roll
noun
Music
Romeo and Juliet
Romulus and Remus
room and board
noun
rough and tumble
noun
Royal and Ancient, the
São Tomé and Príncipe
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
savings and loan
noun
Scylla and Charybdis
Securities and Exchange Commission, the
Securities and Investments Board, the
Sense and Sensibility
Serbia and Montenegro
shock and awe
noun
short back and sides
noun
Hair and Beauty
show and tell
noun
School
Simon and Garfunkel
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
skull and crossbones
noun
Water
smash-and-grab
adjective
Smith and Wesson
snakes and ladders
noun
so-and-so
noun
Social and Liberal Democrats, the
Social Democrat and Labour Party, the
Sodom and Gomorrah
Sons and Lovers
Sound and the Fury, The
spick and span
adjective
Stars and Bars, the
Stars and Stripes
noun
such and such
pronoun
supply and demand
noun
Swallows and Amazons
sweet-and-sour
adjective
Tastes
,
Cooking
Test and County Cricket Board
Thelma and Louise
Thousand and One Nights, the
time and a half
noun
time and motion study
noun
Employment
to and fro
1
adverb
to and fro
2
noun
toing and froing
noun
Tom and Jerry
tongue and groove
adjective
Tortoise and the Hare, the
touch-and-go
adjective
Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, the
track and field
noun
Other Sports
Training and Enterprise Council, the
Transport and General Workers' Union, the
Trinidad and Tobago
Tristan and Isolde
Troilus and Cressida
Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the
Turks and Caicos Islands, the
Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Tyne and Wear
up-and-coming
adjective
Victoria and Albert Museum
Wallace and Gromit
War and Peace
Ways and Means Committee
We Plough the Fields and Scatter
wheeling and dealing
noun
Business Basics
,
Politics
yin and yang
noun
Philosophy
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