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and i claim my five pounds

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.35 in modern English

Syllables
and i -claim my -five -pounds
IPA
40
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
4
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Used to intensify a statement of someone's identity, particularly to make a humorous comparison between two unrelated people or entities.

British usage; Humorous

Example Sentences

Etymology

After newspaper competitions, such as Lobby Lud, where readers were offered money for spotting a certain figure in public and accosting him with a passphrase, such as "you are Lobby Lud, and I claim my five pounds". (However, the Lobby Lud competition did not involve this phrase.)

Usage

Synonyms

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Questions

What does and i claim my five pounds mean?
Used to intensify a statement of someone's identity, particularly to make a humorous comparison between two unrelated people or entities.
Where does and i claim my five pounds come from?
After newspaper competitions, such as Lobby Lud, where readers were offered money for spotting a certain figure in public and accosting him with a passphrase, such as "you are Lobby Lud, and I claim my five pounds". (However, the Lobby Lud competition did not involve this phrase.)

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