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and I claim my five pounds

and I claim my five pounds phrase: used to intensify a statement of someone's identity, particularly to make a humorous comparison between two unrelated people or entities.

Phrase

and I claim my five pounds

  1. (UK, humorous) Used to intensify a statement of someone's identity, particularly to make a humorous comparison between two unrelated people or entities.
    • "You are John Rigor Mortis Doe and I claim my five pounds!"2008 June 15, Al Ewing, I, Zombie, Abaddon Books, →ISBN
    • 'You are the one... known as the Doctor...' said the vagrant, tottering towards him.
      'And I claim my five pounds,' Felicia heard Percy say bitterly.2015 February 12, Gareth Roberts, Doctor Who: The English Way of Death: The History Collection, Random House, →ISBN, page 186
    Synonyms:
    AICMFP

Synonyms of and I claim my five pounds

Origin of and I claim my five pounds

After newspaper competitions, such as Lobby Lud, where readers were offered money for spotting a certain figure in public and accosting him with a passphrase, such as "you are Lobby Lud, and I claim my five pounds". (However, the Lobby Lud competition did not involve this phrase.)

Questions about and I claim my five pounds

What does and I claim my five pounds mean?
And I claim my five pounds means used to intensify a statement of someone's identity, particularly to make a humorous comparison between two unrelated people or entities.
What part of speech is and I claim my five pounds?
And I claim my five pounds is a phrase.

Words near and I claim my five pounds in the dictionary

  1. AND gate
  2. AND gates
  3. and have done with it
  4. and his mother
  5. and how
  6. and I claim my five pounds
  7. and I don't mean maybe
  8. and I oop
  9. and if
  10. and no flies
  11. and no mistake

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