Scotcher grey
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- scotcher grey: (slang) a louse
- Scotch → many jokes begin, "There was an Englishman, a Scotsman and a Welshman..."
- grey → if Shaun the angel (inglis) is white, and Shem the devil (davy) is black, then Shem-Shaun is grey
- scorched earth: a military tactic used by Wellington in the Peninsular War
