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household name	A genericized trademark or anepronym.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
give the royal treatment	To treat (someone) extremely well	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
household name	A very well-known public figure.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
household name	A brand name that is well known to the great majority of households.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
royal bumps	A ritual of two or more persons holding another person by the arms and legs, face up, while bumping them repeatedly on the floor. In modern times it is a lighthearted affair, generally performed only on a young person's birthday with the number of bumps corresponding to the person's age in years. Historically it was a hazing.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
royal flush	poker hand	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
eat one's own dog food	To use or consume the economic goods or services that oneself is producing; to be part of a closed household economy.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
born with a silver spoon in one's mouth	Note. The original nautical expression is just born with a silver spoon and describes those young gentlemen who were able to enter the Royal Navy without examination and whose promotion was assured. the converse was born with a wooden ladle.	Rate it: (4.33 / 3 votes)
what a load of magumba....	Royal Naval slang for “rubbish” or “don’t talk crap”	Rate it: (4.00 / 1 vote)
stop an eight-day clock and throw it into reverse	Before batteries and household electricity were used to power clocks, most clocks had to be wound by hand to keep operating. Eight-day clocks were designed so they only had to be wound every eighth day and the movement only turned in a clockwise direction. Therefore, someone with an appearance objectionable enough to stop the clock and send the movement spinning in the wrong and opposite direction would be ugly indeed.	Rate it: (3.50 / 4 votes)
king	A male monarch; member of a royal family who is the supreme ruler of his nation.	Rate it: (3.00 / 2 votes)
breadwinner	The member of a household who earns all or most of the income	Rate it: (2.75 / 4 votes)
babysitter test	A test for the ease of use of household appliances.	Rate it: (2.00 / 1 vote)
RA	Initialism of Royal Academician, a member of the Royal Academy.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
alicui regnum deferre, tradere	to invest some one with royal power.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
aluminum shower	A party or similar event at which aluminum household items are given, as for a wedding.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
aluminum shower	An event at which people give household items made of aluminum to the war effort.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
aye aye, sir	The correct and seamanlike reply, onboard a Royal Navy (or U.S. Navy) ship, on receipt of an order from someone of senior rank or authority. It means "I understand the command and hasten to comply with the order."	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Blue Blood	Belonging to upper class of the society or having a royal background	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
honey do list	a collection of requests, usually by a spouse for a partner to perform a series of tasks, assignments, or jobs dealing with the maintenance of a household.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
house poor	In financial difficulty because of the excessive cost of owning a house, or because the cost of home ownership forms too high a proportion of household income.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
jacktar	Nickname for a sailor in the Royal Navy.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
lap dog	A small dog, kept as household pet, whose light weight and companionable temperament make it both suited and disposed to spend time resting in the comfort of its master's lap; a dog bred to behave in this manner.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
RA	Initialism of rear admiral, a rank in the Royal Navy.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rem bene (male) gerere (vid. sect. XVI. 10a)	to manage one's affairs, household, property well or ill.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rem familiarem neglegere	to neglect, mismanage one's household matters.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rem familiarem tueri	to manage one's affairs, household, property well or ill.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
severum imperium in suis exercere, tenere (De Sen. 11. 37)	to be a strict disciplinarian in one's household.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
trouble at mill	Problems outside the household, especially in the workplace.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
王家	royal family	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)