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"cheers and tigers"
Could you please tell me the exact meaning of this expression and where it comes from?
"cheers and tigers"
as, for instance, in "with many rousing cheers and tigers for the good work" This expression was used in American English starting ca. 1860
"cheers and tigers"
as, for instance, in "with many rousing cheers and tigers for the good work" This expression was used in American English starting ca. 1860
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[nq:1]Could you please tell me the exact meaning of this expression and where it comes from? "cheers and tigers" as, for instance, in "with many rousing cheers and tigers for the good work" This expression was used in American English starting ca. english.
- [nq:1]Could you please tell me the exact meaning of this expression and where it comes from?
- "cheers and tigers" as, for instance, in "with many rousing cheers and tigers for the good work" This expression was used in American English starting ca.
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[nq:1]Could you please tell me the exact meaning of this expression and where it comes from? "cheers and tigers" as, for instance, in "with many rousing cheers and tigers for the good work" This expression was used in American English starting ca. 1860[/nq]
Possibly, but I've never heard of it, so you may have better luck asking in a non-UK group such as alt.usage.english. It sounds as though
Possibly, but I've never heard of it, so you may have better luck asking in a non-UK group such as alt.usage.english. It sounds as though
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At 18:50:07 on Wed, 25 Oct 2006, John Hall wrote in :
[nq:2]Could you please tell me the exact meaning of this ... This expression was used in American English starting ca. 1860[/nq]
[nq:1]Possibly, but I've never heard of it, so you may have better luck asking in a non-UK group such as alt.usage.english. It sounds as though it may be a purely American idiom,[/nq]
I've read it only as
[nq:2]Could you please tell me the exact meaning of this ... This expression was used in American English starting ca. 1860[/nq]
[nq:1]Possibly, but I've never heard of it, so you may have better luck asking in a non-UK group such as alt.usage.english. It sounds as though it may be a purely American idiom,[/nq]
I've read it only as
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[nq:1]I've read it only as an American idiom, and an old-fashioned one at that - the context was, I think, ... deserve neither liberty nor safety - Benjamin Franklin (My Reply-To address *is* valid, though may not remain so for ever.)[/nq]
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