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Monday, September 28, 2020
Shrive - From my buddy in England
Robert,
Was just reading your Shrove Tuesday paragraph..
Short shrift is one of my favourite phrases and I was very interested when I found out what its origins were.
All those gallows phrases - like "on the wagon" "hangers on". Fascinating.
Px
https://www.phrases.org.uk/
meanings/short-shrift.html
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