Apart from the hole, that could be chicken on a raft, an old Royal Navy dish.
Apart from the hole, that could be chicken on a raft, an old Royal Navy dish.
I can’t go on. I’ll go on.
(Samuel Beckett)
I don’t think I’ve come across that before, but I’d say it depends on what is meant:
There may well be some other ones, but I don’t know what they might be.
Oddities and Curiosities of Words and Literature by C C Bombaugh, one of my favourite reads, feels like it might be an obscure book.
But wouldn’t ‘leery’ make sense there? It means something close to ‘suspicious’ after all.
Ian’s Shoelace Site has 25 different ways to tie your laces. I’ve been using the eponymous Ian knot for years.
Spinney is a nice word for a smallish gathering of trees, alongside copse, coppice, etc. I’m not aware of a term for one specifically in an open field, though.