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Prayers
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How is line #3 represented in this rebus?
1. The shoemaker prays that blessings will be bestowed on everyone.
2. The watchmaker prays for good fortune.
3. The tinker prays a malevolent prayer that God will bring misfortune on someone.
4. The carpenter prays that all will be well.
1. The shoemaker prays that blessings will be bestowed on everyone.
2. The watchmaker prays for good fortune.
3. The tinker prays a malevolent prayer that God will bring misfortune on someone.
4. The carpenter prays that all will be well.
Answer
A tinker's curse.This is an early phrase - 'a tinker's curse' (or cuss), which highlighted the reputation tinkers had for habitual use of profanity. This example from John Mactaggart's The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia, 1824, states:
"A tinker's curse she did na care what she did think or say."
N.B. There seems to be another expression: a "tinker's dam" - a small dam of solder made by tinkers when mending pans. It seems a "tinker's curse" was a more popular expression because tinkers were reputed to swear habitually.
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