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 Go it, you Cripples!Go on all Fours. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Go of Gin.
 
A quartern. In the Queen’s Head, Covent Garden, spirits used to be served in quarterns, neat—water ad libitum. (Compare STIRRUP CUP.)   1
 


 Go it, you Cripples!Go on all Fours. 

 
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