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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: "... them as pinched it done her in," revisited, courtesy of Michael Holden twosleepy #180902 12/13/08 05:00 AM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania Originally Posted By: twosleepy I did know all of them except "gaff". I've been to England and Scotland, several times, and have English relatives who come to visit every year. But even with all that experience, I've never heard (or read) it. I'm quite sure there are many others I don't know, so I'll pick them up as they show up! :0) Yes I would have mistaken it for a contraction of 'gaffer' - in other words, an old man, probably her senile husband or father, that needed looking after. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted "... them as pinched it done her in," revisited, courtesy of Michael Holden Alex Williams 12/09/08 10:03 PM Re: "... them as pinched it done her in," revisited, courtesy of Michael Holden Jackie 12/11/08 02:50 PM Re: "... them as pinched it done her in," revisited, courtesy of Michael Holden twosleepy 12/11/08 03:33 PM Re: "... them as pinched it done her in," revisited, courtesy of Michael Holden LukeJavan8 12/11/08 04:09 PM Re: "... them as pinched it done her in," revisited, courtesy of Michael Holden tsuwm 12/11/08 05:18 PM Re: "... them as pinched it done her in," revisited, courtesy of Michael Holden Alex Williams 12/11/08 07:46 PM Re: "... them as pinched it done her in," revisited, courtesy of Michael Holden olly 12/11/08 08:16 PM Re: "... them as pinched it done her in," revisited, courtesy of Michael Holden Alex Williams 12/12/08 03:38 PM Re: "... them as pinched it done her in," revisited, courtesy of Michael Holden twosleepy 12/12/08 03:59 PM Re: "... them as pinched it done her in," revisited, courtesy of Michael Holden Alex Williams 12/13/08 02:39 AM Re: "... them as pinched it done her in," revisited, courtesy of Michael Holden The Pook 12/13/08 05:00 AM Re: "... them as pinched it done her in," revisited, courtesy of Michael Holden olly 12/15/08 01:42 AM Re: "... them as pinched it done her in," revisited, courtesy of Michael Holden LukeJavan8 12/19/08 06:56 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,381 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 235 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 27 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,568 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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