up the spout
At the pawnbroker’s; pawned.
“My Sunday coat’s up the spout till quarter-day.”
❦ Note: The pawnbroker’s ‘spout’ carried pledged goods upstairs; to ‘pop’ a thing was to pawn it.
At the pawnbroker’s; pawned.
“My Sunday coat’s up the spout till quarter-day.”
❦ Note: The pawnbroker’s ‘spout’ carried pledged goods upstairs; to ‘pop’ a thing was to pawn it.