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Dave Wilton

05 Feb 2025 • 7 min read
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tommyrot

19 October 2026 Tommyrot is a Briticism, a noun and interjection meaning nonsense or balderdash. It’s now rather dated. The origin is unknown, but we can make some reasonable speculation about it. It’s first recorded in an article in London’s Sporting Times of 17 July 1880: So
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rob Peter to pay Paul

16 October 2026 To rob Peter to pay Paul is a proverbial phrase used to mean to right one wrong by committing another or to pay off one debt by incurring another. A modern example might be using one credit card to pay off another. The use of the names
16 Oct 2026 2 min read
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