| Summary: | knock Even three miles across the harbor at Bordeaux the inhabitants used certain phrases which could cause much merriment at Arnold's Cove./ Once when the 'flu[-]e[-] was rampant, Great Uncle Tom Eddy rowed down to the cover and, of course, the first question was "And how is all your crowd, Uncle Tom?" "Only poorly, men. Only poorly. Maggie is all knocked up and Triffie is knocked up and I'm knocked up meself." In the progressive community of Arnold's Cove the phrase, used by Queen Victoria herself to indicate any complaint or illness, had already become a euphemism for pregnancy. PRINTED ITEM W. J. KIRWIN JAN 1976 JH JAN 1976 Not used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Raji Sreeni on Thu 13 Aug 2015; In quotation 'crowd' is corrected with pencil.
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