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tommytalldog
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Date Posted：17/11/2021 01:58:19Copy HTML Word & Phrases from days gone by, figure it out if you can. Churl Knave Cozen Scumber Bloody Nora Bedlamite Live respected, die regretted
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majorshrapnel
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Re：PICK A YEAR Date Posted：17/11/2021 04:11:39Copy HTML Bloody Nora is a common exclamation of surprise over here, I’ll be interested to find out why. |
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tommytalldog
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Re：PICK A YEAR Date Posted：17/11/2021 05:17:30Copy HTML Bloody Nora is a common exclamation of surprise over here, I’ll be interested to find out why. A cockney bastardization of an English expression? |
MarkUK
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Re：PICK A YEAR Date Posted：17/11/2021 07:00:59Copy HTML The only one I've not heard of is scumber. Three of the others could be used against Trump. You're playing chess with Fate and Fate's winning.
Arnold Bennett
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majorshrapnel
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Re：PICK A YEAR Date Posted：17/11/2021 08:16:00Copy HTML The only one I've not heard of is scumber. Three of the others could be used against Trump. Yeh? Well it won't help them |
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tommytalldog
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Re：PICK A YEAR Date Posted：17/11/2021 10:30:46Copy HTML The only one I've not heard of is scumber. Three of the others could be used against Trump. Here are some more to ponder. Gadzooks Thunderation Cacafuego Smellfungas Whelp Consarnit |
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MarkUK
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Re：PICK A YEAR Date Posted：18/11/2021 06:47:20Copy HTML Three of the six are familiar. A Royal Navy destroyer launched in 1943 was named HMS Whelp. You're playing chess with Fate and Fate's winning.
Arnold Bennett
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tommytalldog
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Re：PICK A YEAR Date Posted：18/11/2021 10:22:41Copy HTML Three of the six are familiar. A Royal Navy destroyer launched in 1943 was named HMS Whelp. Is Cacafuego one? |
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tommytalldog
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Re：PICK A YEAR Date Posted：19/11/2021 12:51:53Copy HTML And More Pander/band Sard Jobberknowl Rake Fire Got The Morbs Live respected, die regretted
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MarkUK
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Re：PICK A YEAR Date Posted：19/11/2021 06:36:01Copy HTML None of those. Cacafuego sounded vaguely familiar, but I had to look it up to be sure and it came back to me as the nickname of a ship the Francis Drake captured in 1579. You're playing chess with Fate and Fate's winning.
Arnold Bennett
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Re：PICK A YEAR Date Posted：19/11/2021 11:37:02Copy HTML The only one I've not heard of is scumber. Three of the others could be used against Trump. Very true Mark, good one. |
