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How's about Left Leggers, a person of the Catholic faith...

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RT says first recorded as recently as the 1970s but probably around in spoken English long before.

Pop is used in the sense of pawn, ie someone who is dead no longer needs their shoes. Same as in Pop goes the weasel, from rhyming slang weasel and stoat, coat, pawned to pay for the half a pound of tuppenny rice etc.

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Never heard of it but Wikipedia says Used in the Republic of Ireland to describe a Protestant, usually from Northern Ireland.

Urban Dictionary says If a Catholic altar boy kneels on only his left knee, priests would scold him. They say that Catholics kneel on their right knee, and Protestants kneel on their left knee. Those familiar with this explanation sometimes call Protestants left-leggers.

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Thanks -i use it as being said around 1912. Would be a help to know .:)

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I was under the impression that a "left footer" or "Cogger" was a Catholic, well it was in Liverpool, perhaps Woolies see it differently. :idunno: :D

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see post 437

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Or mackerel snapper:D
What about ged up park for someone being or saying summat daft.

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Me grandad used "Pop Yer Clogs" in 50s when i lived wi em. in fact thats were i picked it up from.

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My dad used it in the 40s.
Clog wearing went out of use in the 50s except for a few occupations as workwear.

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'A lazy wind', a wind that goes straight through you and chills you to the bone as opposed to one that goes around you

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Any other ideas of colloquialisms meaning to "snuff it"?

Something a bit humorous and Lanky preferably!

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Ya us red necks are sometimes called Left Leggers:D

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So it's no good trawling through the dead parrot sketch then?

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Pegged it, Croaked, Kicked the Bucket, fer starters.:D

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Same. Always heard it said as left-footer.

Apparently it's all to do with diggin' their spuds up.

left-footer - definition of left-footer by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.