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单词 pots for rags
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pots for rags
P12. English regional (Lancashire). pots for rags: crazy, mad. Cf. potty adj. 2a. [With reference to the traditional cry of a rag-and-bone man. Compare, for example:
1922 M. Phillips Young Industr. Worker i. 23 On Saturday morning you will hear the rag and bone merchants shout, ‘Come along! pots for rags and bones.’
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1935 Manch. Guardian 28 Dec. 18/1 Them books'll turn thee pots for rags.
1982 P. Tinniswood Home Front (1983) xvii. 173 What did I tell you? He's gone doodle alley pip. He's pots for rags.
2012 @Hop3y 31 Jan. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Think that lad at Everton is a bit pots for rags.
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