Difference between revisions of "Lice nittle clinkers"

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(New page: * '''nice little''' → spoonerism * '''lice''' * '''nit:''' a louse egg * '''''Humphrey Clinker’s Expedition'':''' a novel by Tobias Smollett * '''clinkers:''' faecal deposits in...)
 
 
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* '''nit:''' a louse egg
 
* '''nit:''' a louse egg
  
* '''''Humphrey Clinker’s Expedition'':''' a novel by Tobias Smollett
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* '''''Humphrey Clinker’s Expedition'':''' a novel by Tobias Smollett → smolt = a salmon
  
 
* '''clinkers:''' faecal deposits in anal hair
 
* '''clinkers:''' faecal deposits in anal hair
  
* '''clinker: cf. Jonathan Swift, ''Verses on the Death of Dr Swift'': “A Protestant’s a special clinker (=one who clinches the argument)”
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* '''clinker:''' one who clinches the argument → Jonathan Swift, ''Verses on the Death of Dr Swift'': “A Protestant’s a special clinker"

Latest revision as of 15:02, 11 December 2010

  • nice little → spoonerism
  • lice
  • nit: a louse egg
  • Humphrey Clinker’s Expedition: a novel by Tobias Smollett → smolt = a salmon
  • clinkers: faecal deposits in anal hair
  • clinker: one who clinches the argument → Jonathan Swift, Verses on the Death of Dr Swift: “A Protestant’s a special clinker"