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Ryotaro Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Skin a birch

i'm ready to skin a birch.

What does this phrase mean?

Thanks,

Ryo
  

Top answer

Nothing I know of beyond removing the bark from a birch tree. Debarked birch rods (small branches) were once used to punish children. Have you any context?

— Mister Micawber

  • Nothing I know of beyond removing the bark from a birch tree.
  • Debarked birch rods (small branches) were once used to punish children.
  • Have you any context?
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Nothing I know of beyond removing the bark from a birch tree. Debarked birch rods (small branches) were once used to punish children. Have you any context?
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Hi Mister Micawber,


This was a comment on Facebook.

Whoever invented google's block service didn't contemplate the public. i'm ready to skin a birch foo!

Ryo
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