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Stuck up a gumtree

Posted by Chas Bald on June 14, 2003

What is the origin of the saying stuck up a gum tree? I don't think that it is anything to do with trees and sap and animals getting stuck to the sticky sap. I think that it is something to do with the river Gomti in India and an English garisson being sieged

See, the meaning and origin of the saying 'Up a gum tree'.

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