The present American idiom "Nuts to You" meant a rejection ol a proposal during the medieval ages. T.he suitor would invite himself to suppei at the home of the girl he desired to wed and if. at the end of the meal, the girl served him a plate of nuts, it meant his proposal had been rejected.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 June 1941, Page 4
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