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Old floorer

Posted by Katos on April 12, 2009 at 09:30

In this thread - http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/13/messages/525.html, someone referred to death as "old Floorer" & explained that it originated from 15th century poem. Does anyone know the poem which first use the phrase "old floorer"?