plural of dead man's brake

(Britain, slang) An intelligent and good-looking woman, particularly one who has a high profile in the broadcast media.

A condemned prisoner walking to a death chamber or other place of execution. / Someone who is soon to die.

(law, investment) A standard for the duty of a fiduciary with responsibility over investments.

(literature) Any of a group of mostly working-class and middle-class British playwrights and novelists who rose to prominence in the 1950s, their works being characterized by harshness, realism, and disillusionment with traditional norms.

(informal) A snack resembling pizza but made with cheaper or simpler ingredients, such as bread instead of dough and tomato soup instead of pizza sauce.

plural of poor man's latte

(archaic) Africa, or more specifically, western Africa or Sierra Leone. By extension, any other land subject to Western colonialism or missionizing that is comparably deadly.

(UK, informal, humorous) A lower second class honours or 2.2 degree.

(archaic, politics) Qing Empire/Empire of China/China