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soft day noun

A day that’s raining stair-rods (cats & dogs, the devil & pitchforks, bullfrogs or your own regional expression to taste)

Origin

Mum always attributed this euphemism to Dad’s Irish family, though she seems to have been the only one to have heard it

Collector

Mum – 1940s?
Pauline Iliff (Dixon) – mother of Mark, JM, G & Bel

Submitted: 15/11/2022 by Mark

any thoughts?

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