colder than a witch's tit

[Dennis R. Preston]

In Southern Illinois in the 40's we said (full forms)

Colder'n a witch's tit in a brass bra on a frosty Halloween

and

Colder'n a well-digger's ass in the Klondike

dInIs



>In southern Illinois during the 1950s we used to say colder than a witch's
>tit in a brass brassiere or alternatively colder than a well digger's
>asshole.
>
>Page Stephens
>
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>From: "Sam Clements" <SClements at NEO.RR.COM>
>To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 7:15 PM
>Subject: colder than a witch's tit
>
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>>Is this cited anywhere prior to the OED's   F. van Wyck Mason in 1932?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Sam Clements


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Dennis R. Preston
University Distinguished Professor of Linguistics
Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian, and African Languages
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