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Wednesday, 19 September 2018

Tod

To be on your tod means to be alone. If you're British, the chances are you knew that – but did you know the phrase originated as Cockney rhyming slang? The Tod in question was a jockey called Tod Sloan. Whether he was most often alone at the front or the back of the field, I can't tell you.

Alternatives are on your pat (Pat Malone) and on your Jack (Jack Jones). Who Pat and Jack were is something else I can't tell you. Maybe that's something you can tell me?

Here's me apparently on my tod in Rhodes.
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3 comments:

  1. Author R. Mac WheelerWednesday, September 19, 2018 6:00:00 pm

    I'm Toddly independent.

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  2. Hilary Melton-ButcherWednesday, September 19, 2018 6:38:00 pm

    Hi Patsy - I've a friend in South Africa whose surname is Tod - it is certainly unusual ... and wandering on one's tod is fine - though I'd prefer to do it in Rhodes - an amazing place ... cheers Hilary

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  3. BubbleThursday, September 20, 2018 9:46:00 am

    Or possibley Sloan rhymes with alone/on his own?

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