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Bladder of Lard

A bald-headed person ( - 1864); low. H., 3rd ed. Ex bladdered lard. Cf. the app. later semi-proverbial bald as a bladder of lard (Apperson).

A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English ... by Eric Partridge, 6th edition. Copyright (C) Eric Partridge, 1967. New York: Macmillan Co, 1967.


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