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spanghew
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(Verb) To throw a frog into the air(Verb) Put frogs on a board upon a fulcrum, jump upon the board, and send them sailing across the moor to be smashed to a jelly.
Usage: "On this unseasonably warm day, it seems all the progeny of Sunderland is out. Nearby, a gang of boys spanghew toads, which is the local way of saying 'put them on a board upon a fulcrum, jump upon the board, and send them sailing across the moor to be smashed to a jelly.' The boys whoop and dance, factor complicated configurations of frogs, unlikely anytime soon to run short of ammunition."
From The Dress Lodger, by Sheri Holman, which is set in 19th-century Sunderland, England, during a plague of frogs (Ballantine, 2000)
From The Dress Lodger, by Sheri Holman, which is set in 19th-century Sunderland, England, during a plague of frogs (Ballantine, 2000)
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