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bigal1946 · **Posted:** Tue Jan 26, 2010 6:05 pm

With both sides at the wrong end of the table there'll be no quarter given

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Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

no quarter given?

quarter of what? hard gums?

Dugoutpaddy · **Joined:** Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:23 am **Posts:** 1772

Cut n pasted because I am lazy!
Quarter is an old word for mercy (according to the Webster dictionary), "mercy granted to a surrendering foe." A defeated army might have to surrender, but they did not have to ask for or accept mercy ("cry for quarter"); it would have been a show of bravery and pride to accept whatever harsh treatment the enemy then meted out. This saying is found on very old military reports in reference to captured prisoners.

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Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

i used to love a quarter of cola cubes from bretts

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