Thursday 6 September 2018

Get awa'!

From the diary of a medical student in Edinburgh:
"Held a conversation with Mrs J.G (no fixed abode, age “God, I’m far too old”), who greeted me with “Get awa’, ye cock-eyed bastard’…” (2/9/39)
(Note to self: new greeting for door-knockers??)
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