“As my Granddaddy used to say!” An overall fun series-3
posted by Hammel @ 11:11 AM
November 21, 2009
As my Granddaddy used to say ” C’ mon, don’t be such a Slowpoke!” If you heard old Granddad say that you’d better pick up the pace before he got mad.
This Americanism dates to about 1860 and the poke refers to a lazy person or a dawdler.
So now that my understanding of this old term is clarified I can understand why my hard working Grandfather would be on the verge of anger when he used it.
Did I fail to mention that my Granddaddy always worked hard in bib overalls
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Tags: bib overalls, bibs, Overalls