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damn by association	Discredit or condemn a position, person, or thing by attacking those things with which he/she/it is associated.	Rate it: (1.50 / 2 votes)
give the royal treatment	To treat (someone) extremely well	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)
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)
king	A male monarch; member of a royal family who is the supreme ruler of his nation.	Rate it: (3.00 / 2 votes)
bush league	A professional sports association at the lower levels of minor league organization.	Rate it: (1.00 / 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)
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)
hook up	To form an association someone.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
jacktar	Nickname for a sailor in the Royal Navy.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
le chapelet commence à se défiler	The association is beginning to break up.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
old boy network	A presumed unacknowledged system of association between childhood friends (especially those at school or university together), used for mutual assistance or favouritism and usually at the exclusion of certain other people; often specifically at the exclusion of women	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
RA	Initialism of rear admiral, a rank in the Royal Navy.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
ride the coattails	To succeed by virtue of association (with)	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
serve notice	To fire; to terminate one's employment or formal association.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tia	Initialism of Telecommunications Industry Association.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
王家	royal family	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)