apple davy?

[Robin Hamilton]

> Bet you're right! Nice spotting.

    <smirk>

Probably an isolated use, as it doesn't fit the pattern of the other
references, for which see ...

> "Cod"??

Slang (?), derived from "codswallop" (probably).  [Haven't checked.]

Robin

> m a m
>
> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Robin Hamilton <
> robin.hamilton2 at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>> Joel noted:
>>
>> > ...
>> > I first saw the ole black oss,
>> > He was standing on 'is 'ead, was that noble quadruped,
>> > And a playing at a game o* pitch and toss.
>> > He'd a fine Roman nose, and he walk'd on his toes,
>> > I'll take my apple-davy it is true,
>> > His neck was awry and he'd only got one eye,
>> > And his tail was all a-swivel and a-skew.
>> > So she says, says Mary Ann
>>
>> Could "apple-davy" as used in the line above be a nonce cod spelling of
>> "affidavit"?
>>
>> It almost sounds as if it ought to be cockney rhyming slang.
>>
>> Robin
>>
>>
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