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<DIV>My father, who wasn’t very forthcoming, did, however, tell me this.
When he was a lad before WW1, street urchins would clamber onto the backs of
carts for fun and a free ride. Other, less fortunate, dog-in-the-manger,
urchins would shout “Whip be’ind, guv!” The carter would then flick his
whip over his shoulder to dislodge the former urchins.</DIV>
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<DIV>A tiny glimpse of a vanished world – a teeny bit of social ephemera – lost
forever – for I have never seen it mentioned anywhere.</DIV>
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<DIV>Then, a few weeks ago, I came across a couple of contemporary cartoons
online, which I didn’t fully understand. So I thought I’d try the
OED. Blow me!</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Georgia><FONT color=#333333><SPAN id=eid14770166
class=lemmaInDef
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: ; TEXT-ALIGN: left; ORPHANS: 2; WIDOWS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial"><STRONG><EM><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.6pt">whip behind!</FONT></EM></STRONG></SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 9.6pt">, a cry to the driver of a horse vehicle calling his
attention to the presence of some one riding on the back of the vehicle without
his knowledge.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Georgia><FONT color=#000000><SPAN id=eid164204386 class=noIndent
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style="FONT-SIZE: 7.8pt">1835 </FONT></SPAN><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 7.8pt"><SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN class=smallCaps><FONT
style="FONT-VARIANT: small-caps">J. D.
Carrick</FONT></SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN></FONT><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 7.8pt"><EM><A onclick=viewSourcePopup(this); role=button
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rel=0002146>Laird of Logan</A></EM><SPAN> </SPAN>(1841)
307</FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7.8pt"><SPAN
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Some wandeidy weans cried ‘</SPAN><SPAN class=quotationKeyword
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behind</SPAN></FONT><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 7.8pt">! whip behind!’</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Unquestionably, Virginia Woolf would have heard/seen/understood the
expression.</DIV>
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<DIV>Stuart</DIV>
<DIV>(Day 345)</DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>