• Syn_Attck@lemmy.today
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    7 months ago

    You understood it? Are you Irish? I’m Murkin and I thought it meant running one out from his pocket or something.

    Peel a banana in his pocket: Tight-fisted, cheap. Often the phrase is “peel an orange in his pocket.” The idea is that someone is so cheap, he will peel a piece of fruit inside his pocket so no one will see it and ask for a bite. - Don’t Be a Muggins: Learn Some Irish Slang

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      7 months ago

      It helped that numerous “he’s tight fisted” type comments and insults had been made in the same conversation, before that was said.

      No, not Irish.