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... expression to be equivalent to " whip for dinner or " flogging for rations . " In support of this explanation John Bee , in the Slang Dictionary , 1823 , gives " Toco for yam . - Yams are food for negroes in the West Indies ( resembling ...
... expression to be equivalent to " whip for dinner or " flogging for rations . " In support of this explanation John Bee , in the Slang Dictionary , 1823 , gives " Toco for yam . - Yams are food for negroes in the West Indies ( resembling ...
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... expression it is not necessary for words connected together to have an essentially different meaning ; its force is added to by the reduplication of the idea . " Might and main " are almost iden- tical with vi et armis ; for mægen ...
... expression it is not necessary for words connected together to have an essentially different meaning ; its force is added to by the reduplication of the idea . " Might and main " are almost iden- tical with vi et armis ; for mægen ...
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... expression is a very common one in Liver- pool , and always means immediately . I have never heard it used in the sense of a long distance , which HERMENTRUDE seems to think the correct meaning . J. Y. W. MACALISTER . This expression ...
... expression is a very common one in Liver- pool , and always means immediately . I have never heard it used in the sense of a long distance , which HERMENTRUDE seems to think the correct meaning . J. Y. W. MACALISTER . This expression ...
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