What is the origin of "tea-towel holder"?
What is the origin of "tea-towel holder"?
#1What is the origin of "tea-towel holder"?
Posted: 9/10/12 at 10:33pmI'm well aware of the meaning, but have never been able to make the connection between the term and the physical object.
#2What is the origin of
Posted: 9/10/12 at 11:56pmDoing some searching, it appears to stem from the UK in the 1950's when a product was introduced to hold kitchen towels or handtowels. It would attatch to a wall and have * like slits in it to poke the towel to to hang it. It resembled an anus ergo the modern slang.
#2What is the origin of
Posted: 9/11/12 at 3:52am
#3What is the origin of
Posted: 9/11/12 at 2:15pm
rotflmao @ that pic jerseygirl
Thanks for responding. I ran into a colleague from Ireland at a conference recently. He used the term in a joke but it was lost in translation.
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#4What is the origin of
Posted: 9/11/12 at 2:29pmWhat does the term mean-- other than "That which holds a tea towel"??
#6What is the origin of
Posted: 9/11/12 at 2:50pmA Hamm's Ham cozy if you will.
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#7What is the origin of
Posted: 9/11/12 at 3:03pmAs in "I did your missus up the Tea Towel Holder, mate!"
#8What is the origin of
Posted: 9/11/12 at 4:41pm
Joe,
I was reluctant to reply but it was along those lines.
It was a delightfully lewd joke about Prince Harry and one of his gal pals visiting the Obamas at the White House right after the stunt in Las Vegas. I don't remember the joke precisely but it gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "a tempest in a tea pot".
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