double a Comb: ~ blader: see double bitter, ~ (ball) mitt, ~ sled, ~ spruce: SPRUCE BEER.
   1985 ASHTON 190 "The Indian Bay Song": Grind up your double blader men, your landings clear away. 1949 FITZGERALD 55 And get yourself homespuns and good heavy socks,/With warm double mitts.
   1985 Nfld LifeStyle 3 (1), 22 A Sunday afternoon will find me beside the swimming pool...knitting a pair of double ball mitts. 1984 POWELL 133 First we hauled in the wheels, then the motor was placed on the big double sleds with two tiers of planks. [1785] 1955 GARDNER 33 The poor fellow was at last made sensible it was a joke, and had some double spruce given to him to make amends which had the desired effect.

Go Back