• GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    back in my day they even leaded the wine!

    that’s where the phrase, “get the lead out”, became so popular.

    invite some friends over for dinner, break out the wine and one of the servants would say, “this wine is vinegar!” and then you’d whip them and scream, “get the lead out!”