Can't be very British if it was originally French. Can one get the pox from Vingt-et-un?
Anyway I thought it was a bit of harbour that went up and down with the tide designed to give jack two opportunities to fall in the oggin when returning from a chaste and abstemious night ashore.
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David V
Lord Finchley tried to mend the electric light
Himself. It struck him dead and serve him right
It is the duty of the wealthy man
To give employment to the artisan
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