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Brewer's: Christmas
(Kristmas). “Christmas comes but once a year.” (Thomas Tusser.)
Christmas
Slang for a railway-guard. Explained under Chivy (q.v. ).
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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