COLLOQUIALISMS OF THE GARDEN
Gardeners are a race apart. They have terms not shared with common folk. Only on.e old gardener, a native of the Weald of Kent, said that an unruly plant would “raxen” over the border. He meant that it would spread on to the lawn. This is not the least obscure of bis words. Black currants to him are “gazels.” When one speaks of their acid flavour be agrees that “they be tumble burr.'’ An old gate which sags when opened he calls a “scroopv gale.’’ lie collects weeds in bis “bodge,” a small wooden trolly on. four wheels. “Skadle” cat is his word —and it is a very old Kent, word—for a cat which steals.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 19 January 1931, Page 8
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