Cork Slang, Like
A Dictionary of Cork Slang
by Seán Beecher
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LICK (INTO A FIT)
Construct:
Verb
Definition:
To defeat, to surpass, to overcome.
Use:
Cork licked Tipperary into a fit.
Cork defeated Tipperary easily.
Derivation:
Posibly 19th English. Lick and also lick into fits.
(Partridge)
and note 'Lick' - a blow, a stroke, a cut with a sword.
(Wright)
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