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Load of Codswallop
Load of Codswallop
Load of Codswallop : Phrases
Meaning:
Something that is a load of rubbish.
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Origin:
In 1872 a Victorian businessman called Codd went into the manufacture of lemonade. It was sold in green glass bottles sealed with glass marble stoppers and was jokingly called Codd's wallop. Its poor quality, when compared to beer, although not perhaps with other lemonades, gave rise to the derogatory implications of the phrase. Wallop is a still current expression for beer.