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Drag in, Neck and Crop

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or To drag in, head and shoulders. To introduce a subject or remark abruptly. (See A Propos de Bottes.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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