“He uttered a coarse expression which I wouldn't have thought he would have known. It just shows that you can bury yourself in the country and still somehow acquire a vocabulary. No doubt one picks up things from the neighbours -- the vicar, the local doctor, the man who brings the milk, and so on.”

— P.G. Wodehouse , book Right Ho, Jeeves

Right Ho, Jeeves (1934)

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