"He put the acid into me for a la mi or" said a witness at a coroninl inquiry at Asked to explain the expression lie intimated that another man had solieated a loan of sixpence. The witness also xised the expression "snowed in," and explained tliat it was a state of "stony broke, and a gentle insinuation that, the gift of one shilling would be accepted with gratitude.
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Levin Daily Chronicle, 26 July 1919, Page 1
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