THE AMUSING THINGS WE SAY
“TO BREAK THE IOE" To-day the phrahp to break the !<•* means to oppn thp uay for conversa* Hon. hut hack in ihp days of thp olfl Romans it referred to thp custom of < breaking open enough ice to permit winter bathing.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 294, 13 December 1941, Page 4
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46THE AMUSING THINGS WE SAY Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 294, 13 December 1941, Page 4
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