British customs
Island nation's ways
British customs refers to the government agency controlling goods entering and leaving the United Kingdom, or the checkpoint where such inspection occurs: We were stopped at British customs for three hours.
The phrase also means traditional practices and social conventions characteristic of Britain: British customs around tea time puzzled the American visitors.
- border checksScreening at territorial boundaries
- queueingWaiting in order
- queue jumpingBypassing the wait order
- mind the gapHeed the opening
- Guy Fawkes NightBritish explosive commemoration
apologizing · changing of the guard · wassailing · monarchy · Remembrance Day · cricket · pub culture · Morris dancing · import tariffs · Bonfire Night · afternoon tea · full English breakfast · coronations · stiff upper lip · keep calm · Christmas crackers · bank holidays · royal weddings
British customsAmerican traditions
Cultural practices of the US
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British customsindigenous traditions
Original inhabitants' cultural ways
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