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submitted 3 months ago by als@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

Fixed phrase of two or more conventionally joined words

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[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

In the lyrics to the Beatles’ song Piggies, there’s the line “clutching forks and knives”. Is that just an Americanism they picked up?

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