Iliff-King phrasebook
definition
are we gentry or do we stack? expression or saying
In practice it seemed to mean “I’m clearing the table now” between the courses of a meal, though none of us made much sense of it at the time
Origin
Much later we worked out that it was a mild rebuke for sitting there waiting for servants to clear, as gentry would
Collector
Granny – 1950s
Marion Dixon (Howes) – mother of Mum, spouse of Pop
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