blackthorn winter
Cold weather, when the blackthorn is in blossom.
-Albert Hyamson's Dictionary of English Phrases, 1922
-Albert Hyamson's Dictionary of English Phrases, 1922
posted by the scribbler | 8:20 AM
Obsolete Word of the Day
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PRIMARY SOURCES: More Weird and Wonderful Words, Erin McKean, 2003; Forgotten English 2006 desktop calendar, Jeffrey Kacirk; Common Phrases, J. Mordock & Myron Korach, 2001; The Dictionary of Cliches, James Rogers, 1985; The American Heritage Dictionary
2 Comments:
Surely it's rhyming slang?
"Boiling [hot]" = "lot"
Thus
"the whole lot" = "the whole boiling"
Ooops again! This comment should refer to the previous post "whole boiling".
You could be right, Douglas. Sounds perfectly plausible to me.
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