"That's a great deal to make one word mean," Alice said in a thoughtful tone. "When I make a word do a lot of work like that," said Humpty Dumpty, "I always pay it extra."

Thursday, 21 February 2013

Spoffokins

 A spoffokins was a prostitute posing as a wife.  So presumably when “Mr and Mrs Jones” booked into a cheap hotel for just one night there was always a possibility she was a spoffokins!
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  1. Douglas21 February 2013 at 14:16

    The word triggered an urge in me to look it up. I found this article to be interesting:
    http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1986-12-10/features/8604020312_1_name-calling-david-grambs-compulsive-chatterbox

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