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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—F

Floorer

That was a floorer. That blow knocked the man down on the floor. In the university we say, “That paper or question was a floorer;” meaning it was too hard to be mastered. (See above.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Flora
Floor
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