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soupdragon25 | 10:47 Wed 07th May 2008 | Word Origins
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where did the saying "tap 'ole" originate
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As long ago as the 1500s, a tap-hole was the hole made in a wooden cask or vat for the tap to be inserted into so as to draw the beer/ale. Presumably, the 'ole instead of hole variant was a Cockney h-dropping!
12:24 Wed 07th May 2008
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Comes from the shorten version of "Public House" where towns folk in england would meet, talk, and quaff a few pints and discuss goings ons.
21:05 Tue 03rd Jun 2008

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