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Oakleigh Leader (Nth Brighton, Vic.) 3 Sept. 45/5: The last event which happens to all alike [...] is described as ‘wearing a wooden ovecoat’ and being ‘put to bed with a shovel’.at put to bed with a shovel (v.) under bed, n.
Oakleigh Leader (Nth Brighton, Vic.) 3 Sept. 45/5: The last event which happens to all alike [...] is described as ‘wearing a wooden ovecoat’ and being ‘put to bed with a shovel’. Oakleigh Leader (Nth Brighton, Vic.) 3 Sept. 45/5: Thieves [...] don’t like to hear of a man being hanged. He goes for a ‘hearty choke with caper sauce’ or he ‘goes up the laddder to bed’ or he ‘dies in a horse’s nightcap, i.e. a halter.at hearty choke (with caper sauce), n.
Oakleigh Leader (Nth Brighton, Vic.) 3 Sept. 45/5: ‘The sheriff’s picture frame’ is a euphemistic description of the gallows.at sheriff’s picture frame, n.
Oakleigh Leader (Nth Brighton, Vic.) 3 Sept. 45/5: Thieves [...] don’t like to hear of a man being hanged. He goes for a ‘hearty choke with caper sauce’ or he ‘goes up the laddder to bed’ or he ‘dies in a horse’s nightcap, i.e. a halter.at horse’s nightcap (n.) under horse, n.
Oakleigh Leader (Nth Brighton, Vic.) 3 Sept. 45/5: Thieves [...] don’t like to hear of a man being hanged. He goes for a ‘hearty choke with caper sauce’ or he ‘goes up the laddder to bed’ or he ‘dies in a horse’s nightcap, i.e. a halter.at go up the ladder (to bed) (v.) under ladder, n.
Oakleigh Leader (Nth Brighton, Vic.) 3 Sept. 45/5: ‘Stop that marriage music’ [...] ‘Stop that baby yelling’.at marriage music, n.
Oakleigh Leader (Nth Brighton, Vic.) 3 Sept. 45/5: Thirteen clean shirts [...] three months hard labour.at thirteen clean shirts (n.) under thirteen, adj.
Oakleigh Leader (Nth Brighton, Vic.) 3 Sept. 45/5: The last event which happens to all alike [...] is described as ‘wearing a wooden overcoat’ and being ‘put to bed with a shovel’.at wooden overcoat (n.) under wooden, adj.
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