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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Word or Phrase We Never Use Anymore of the Day

Trollibags; The intestines. Norfolk
                    - William Holloway's Dictionary of Provincialisms, 1838


Trolly-bags, an exclamation of surprise. "Oh my tripes and trolly-bags!"
                    - William Dickinson's Glossary of Cumberland, 1881

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