English terms with lost cultural context
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- suitcase
- clothing names: sports jacket, leisure suit, slippers, sneakers
- powder room
- pickle names: bread & butter, kosher dill
- dresser
- car parts: trunk
- counterexample: windshield, headlights
- computer parts: drive, monitor, screen, disk, key(board)
- counterexample: mouse, display
- stretcher
