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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Could you please advise as to the origin of the term "get shellacked"?
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Yes. Get plastered, get drunk.
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- Get plastered, get drunk.
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Why SHELLACKING means to be soundly beaten or defeated, no one seems to know for sure, but I think a pretty good stab was taken by WORD DETECTIVE when he said:
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“I would guess that it comes from the fact that shellacking is often the last step in furniture manufacture, so when someone is "shellacked," he or she is absolutely, positively finished and done.”
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“I would guess that it comes from the fact that shellacking is often the last step in furniture manufacture, so when someone is "shellacked," he or she is absolutely, positively finished and done.”
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