Crick / creek.

A creek is a very small river. You usually use crick instead of creek in the expression "up the crick without a paddle" meaning your are in deep doo-doo with no way out.

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On an other note Shona brought up sloe gin. I've heard of that but there is one type of gin I don't know the English term for.

Bols is Gros gin (Big gin) in French. Do you know what that type of gin is called?