 |  |  |
British | Canadian | American |
| D | ||
| dad, daddy | dad, daddy | dad, daddy, poppa, pops, pa |
daddy long legs | daddy long legs | daddy longlegs, crane fly |
dale, valley | valley | valley |
day care, nursery, creche | day care | day nursery, day care |
| daypack, knapsack (small backpack for day hikes or for carrying books) | knapsack, daypack, packsack | knapsack, daypack |
dd/mm/yy (date) | dd/mm/yy, mm/dd/yy | mm/dd/yy |
dear, expensive | expensive | expensive |
denim jacket | denim jacket, jean jacket | jean jacket, denim jacket |
deposit account | savings account | savings account |
dessert, pudding, sweet, afters | dessert | dessert |
| dessicated (coconut) | shredded | shredded |
detached house | single-family home/house, detached | single-family home/house |
dialling code, area code | area code | area code |
dialling tone | dial tone | dial tone |
diamanté | rhinestone | rhinestone |
diary, appointment diary
| appointment diary, schedule, datebook, daybook, agenda, planner | appointment calendar, schedule, datebook, daybook, agenda, journal |
diary (personal account) | diary | journal, diary |
| dinner, lunch | lunch | lunch, dinner |
| dinner, tea, supper | dinner, supper | dinner, supper |
dinner jacket, DJ, tuxedo | tuxedo | tuxedo |
dish up | serve dinner | serve dinner |
dived | dived, dove | dived, dove |
diversion | diversion, detour | detour |
docker | longshoreman | longshoreman |
doctor, GP, general practitioner | doctor, GP, general practitioner, physician | doctor, physician |
doctor’s surgery, surgery | doctor’s office | doctor’s office |
| dog, mutt | dog, pooch, mutt | dog, pooch, mutt |
dog end, fag end | cigarette butt | cigarette butt |
| do-it-yourself (DIY) | do-it-yourself, remodelling | remodelling |
| dole | pogey | unemployment |
dole queue | unemployment line | unemployment line |
doner kebab | donair, gyro | donair, gyro |
double cream | heavy cream | heavy cream |
double-glazing | double-glazing, storm windows | storm windows |
| doughnut
| doughnut, bismarck, Burlington bun (NS), donut, Dutchie, jambuster (Man & On), long john | doughnut, donut, bismarck, Dutchie, long john |
drainpipe | drainpipe | drainspout |
draught excluder | weather stripping | weather stripping |
draughts | checkers | checkers |
drawing-pin | thumb tack | thumb tack, push-pin, tack |
drawing room, reception room, living room, sitting room, lounge | living room, front room (Maritimes)
| living room |
dress, frock | dress | dress |
dressing gown | bathrobe, housecoat, dressing gown | bathrobe, housecoat |
dressing table | dresser | dresser |
drink driving | drunk driving, impaired driving | drunk driving, DWI, DUI |
driving licence | driver's licence | driver's license |
| drunk, plastered, smashed, slaughtered, arse-holed, sozzled, pissed, pissed as a fart, pissed as a newt, pissed up, battered, bevvied, shit-faced, bevvied up, caned, bladdered, blitzed, blootered, blotto, cabbaged, drunk as a skunk, gatted, lagered (up), lashed up, leathered, legless, ripped, mortalled, off one's chump, off one's face, off one's tits, out of it, paralytic, pickled, pie-eyed, rat-arsed, ratted, steaming, stewed, three sheets to the wind, trashed, trolleyed, trousered, twatfaced, twatted, sloshed, wankered, wasted, well gone, tanked up | drunk, pissed, ripped, smashed, plastered, wasted, stoned (old-fashioned), shit-faced, hammered, three sheets to the wind, falling down drunk, and? | drunk, ripped, wasted, hammered, shit-faced, and? |
| dry-stone wall, plasterboard | drywall, gypsumboard, wallboard | drywall, gypsumboard, wallboard |
dual carriageway | divided highway, divided road | divided highway, divided road |
dummy (for babies) | pacifier, soother | pacifier |
dump, tip | garbage dump | garbage dump, landfill |
dungarees | overalls, bib overalls | overalls, bib overalls |
Durex, johnny, French letter, condom | condom, rubber, Trojan | condom, rubber |
| dusk, twilight | dusk, twilight, duckish (Nfld) | dusk, twilight |
dustbin | garbage can, trash can | garbage can, trash can |
dustman, binman | garbageman, garbage collector | garbage collector, garbageman |
duvet, quilt, continental quilt | duvet, quilt | quilt |
