A bell is ringing quite loudly for me.
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| Author: | Raarve tiv it [ Thu Jan 07, 2010 9:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Marlicking About |
I'm sure we all know the term, stop marlicking about ! But where did it originate? Was there a clown called Marlick? or a Vaudeville act that it was named after? I would love to know. I can't stop using this phrase to my children, and people look at me very strangely (ha ha) not only the Kiwi's here where we live in NZ, but also english people here have never heard of it ! |
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| Author: | Mel [ Fri Jan 08, 2010 8:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Marlicking About |
I've never heard of that one! Welcome to the forum. |
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| Author: | StephenBray [ Fri Jan 08, 2010 12:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Marlicking About |
Could 'marlicking' be a corruption of 'malarkey'? The two would seem to have similar meanings... |
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| Author: | portia [ Mon Jan 11, 2010 2:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Marlicking About |
I think my father-in-law said it was derived from a norse word |
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| Author: | Jack Sparrow [ Tue Aug 10, 2010 9:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Marlicking About |
A bell is ringing quite loudly for me.
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