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Stafford
He has had a treat in Stafford Court. He has been thoroughly
cudgelled. Of course the pun is on the word staff, a stick. The French
have a similar phrase- “It a esté au festin de Martin Baston. ” (He has been to Jack Drum's entertainment).
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Stafford from Infoplease:
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