who laid the rail
adv. phr.— «Thanks to the farmers and their livestock, we had scrambled eggs, bacon, and roast beef ’til who laid the rail.» —“Over Cokes” in Eldora Hi-Lites Eldora High School Mar. 24, 1950. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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