who-laid-the-rail

who-laid-the-rail
 adv. phr.— «He said he was a Willkie man to who-laid-the-rail, but that unfortunately he was afflicted with asthma, which was responsible for the hissing.» —“The Brighter Side” by Damon Runyon Zanesville Signal (Ohio) Aug. 27, 1940. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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