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Dave Wilton

21 Mar 2025 • 6 min read
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B&W photo of a cat in a winged viking helmet and scale-mail breastplate, with the caption “Brünnhilde"

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Photo of six jars of homemade mustard piccalilli

piccalilli

21 October 2026 Piccalilli is a pickle consisting of chopped vegetables, mustard, and spices. In early use it was also commonly referred to as Indian pickle. The origin is uncertain. The picca- is probably a variation on pickle, and the -lilli is likely either a variation on chili or simply
21 Oct 2026 1 min read
Image of a man in baggy clothing, cape, and wide-brimmed hat standing by a door having a pitcher of water poured on his head
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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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