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Needles: a deathmatch (22-02)

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Angus Clydesdale
Angus Clydesdale
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12:49pm, 17 Jan 2022
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Angus Clydesdale
Loads of military slang derived from Days of the Raj Disappointed not to find dhobi (laundry) on the list. Makes it incomplete and therefore, arguably, unworthy ;)
Ocelot Spleens
Ocelot Spleens
Jan 2022
1:31pm, 17 Jan 2022
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Ocelot Spleens
It's the first list I noticed...didn't look any further. I might look again.
Ocelot Spleens
Ocelot Spleens
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1:41pm, 17 Jan 2022
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Ocelot Spleens
Angus, it is in there,.dhobi, there's a sub list of words used in the British raj.
Chrisity
Chrisity
Jan 2022
1:43pm, 17 Jan 2022
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Chrisity
The Needlemakers Arms is reopened now, or at least it was a month ago. This is what you missed out on

starpubs.co.uk
GregP
GregP
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1:45pm, 17 Jan 2022
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Top find Mr O'Pherity :)
Maclennane
Maclennane
Jan 2022
1:52pm, 17 Jan 2022
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Maclennane
Hmm, dangerously into FRP territory.
Angus Clydesdale
Angus Clydesdale
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3:21pm, 17 Jan 2022
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Angus Clydesdale
Angus, it is in there,.dhobi, there's a sub list of words used in the British raj.

In which case I apologise unreservedly. Didn’t spot a sub-list.
Maclennane
Maclennane
Jan 2022
3:33pm, 17 Jan 2022
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Maclennane
isn't a dhobi the swelling you get from plague?
Angus Clydesdale
Angus Clydesdale
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3:45pm, 17 Jan 2022
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Angus Clydesdale
Are you thinking of buboe, hence bubonic plague?
Maclennane
Maclennane
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3:47pm, 17 Jan 2022
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Maclennane
possibly. I'm also thinking of that Monty Python song about VD, I'm sure it features the line "your dhobis itch my scrumpox" - off to google on a non-work device

About This Thread

Maintained by GregP
Deathmatch closed 25/01/22
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GOLD: The Needles, three stacks of chalk off the Isle of Wight, England

SILVER: Needlemakers Arms Ilkeston, Kensington Street, Ilkeston, DE7 5NY. Pub Code: 2303468101 (refurbishment planned)

BRONZE: Cleopatra's Needle, two obelisks in London and New York City
BRONZE: The Napes Needle, arguably one of the most famous rock climbs in the UK if not the world, because it represented a change in the pursuit of mountaineering

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