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submitted 2 weeks ago by als to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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Fixed phrase of two or more conventionally joined words

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[-] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks 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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