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Bristol (iou)



Bristol noun. In sense 2 usu. bristol. M16.
[A city and port in the west of England.]
I.
Used attrib. to designate things from or associated with Bristol. M16.
Bristol board a kind of fine pasteboard with a smooth surface. Bristol cream (proprietary name for) a kind of sweet sherry. Bristol fashion, shipshape and Bristol fashion (orig. Nautical) with all in good order. Bristol glass opaque (esp. blue) glass manufactured in Bristol. Bristol milk: see MILK noun. Bristol porcelain a kind of porcelain resembling delftware, manufactured in Bristol. Bristol stone etc., rock-crystal from the Bristol area.
II.
In pl., or in full Bristol cities (= titties). The breasts. rhyming slang. M20.