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As she shook her wooden leg
Posted by Smokey Stover on October 07, 2009 at 08:01
In Reply to: As she shook her wooden leg posted by Stephen on October 06, 2009 at 06:27:
: When given a present of some sort, the older members of my family would sometimes reply with the quaint phrase "Thankyou Sir, she said, as she shook her wooden leg". An old music hall expression?
I have seen other inquiries about this expression, but no one seems to give a better explanation than your proposal. There's a discussion of it on the Mucat Café Website. See:
www.mudcat.org
You have to scroll down a ways to see it, but the discussion is interesting.
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