Iliff-King phrasebook
definition
my colleague of the sandpit expression or saying
A playmate whose name escaped young Benno
Collector
Benno – 1970s
Ben Claydon – offspring of Clare
Notes
Possibly based on the verbal device Pa used when he had completely forgotten the name of the person he was introducing; he’d refer to “My distinguished colleague” (or sometimes “extinguished”)
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