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go it, ye cripples

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English

Syllables
go it, ye crip-ples
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Synonym of go it (“keep it up; term of encouragement”).

Obsolete; Slang

Etymology

Said to have been a facetious rendering of the last line of Virgil's Eclogues: "Ite domum saturæ, venit Hesperus, ite capellæ"; or, "Go it, ye cripples, crutches are cheap."

Usage

Inflected Forms

go it, you cripples (alternative)

Synonyms

go it

Questions

What does go it, ye cripples mean?
Synonym of go it (“keep it up; term of encouragement”).
Where does go it, ye cripples come from?
Said to have been a facetious rendering of the last line of Virgil's Eclogues: "Ite domum saturæ, venit Hesperus, ite capellæ"; or, "Go it, ye cripples, crutches are cheap."

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