Notes and Queries, Volym 66Oxford University Press, 1882 |
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... EXPRESSION " TWOPENNY- HALFPENNY " = -PALTRY . - Most of us are , I sup- pose , familiar with these or similar expressions , twopenny - halfpenny fellow , twopenny - halfpenny doll , & c . But how did this epithet originate ? Is there ...
... EXPRESSION " TWOPENNY- HALFPENNY " = -PALTRY . - Most of us are , I sup- pose , familiar with these or similar expressions , twopenny - halfpenny fellow , twopenny - halfpenny doll , & c . But how did this epithet originate ? Is there ...
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... expression in this neighbour- hood , and I am pretty sure is not modern slang . I well remember in the year 1847 or 1848 that I had occasion to explain a certain shocking instance of torture to a peasant lad , and to make my mean- ing ...
... expression in this neighbour- hood , and I am pretty sure is not modern slang . I well remember in the year 1847 or 1848 that I had occasion to explain a certain shocking instance of torture to a peasant lad , and to make my mean- ing ...
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... expression is common enough in Yorkshire and Lancashire ; it is , I believe , however , always used predicatively ... expression : - " The common expression , That's noan jannock , ' applied to anything which is not what it ought to be ...
... expression is common enough in Yorkshire and Lancashire ; it is , I believe , however , always used predicatively ... expression : - " The common expression , That's noan jannock , ' applied to anything which is not what it ought to be ...
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