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OLD REB ::::: THE SLANG WRANGLER

"Old Reb" The Slang Wrangler says...

“I’m hungry enough to eat the arse out a skunk…”
 phr (20c Canada) ‘Very hungry indeed’.
See also: ‘Able to eat corn on the cob through a picket fence’
phr (20c US) To have protruding or ‘buck’ teeth.

“Paste It To Your Hat”
(19c phrase ~ used in the context of being belligerent to another)
See ‘Stick It Up Your Arse’

"Go Shit in your Hat, and then, Pull it over your Head and Call it Flowers!"
(1920's phr. Def. A general term of abuse)

“Not enough sense to pour piss out of a boot”
(Phrase 20c. Used of one who is very stupid)

“Another Clean Shirt Should See You Out..”
phr. (1930’s)  i.e. ‘you look very ill’. See “Don’t make any plans for tomorrow,”
or “I better stick my name on your rocking chair.”

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