Thresther

[Margaret Pilkington]

Groove never had a father...he was raised on Hameldon Hill by a pack of Wolves.

Yes, And it shows.

 

[Margaret Pilkington]

No Father, another imaculate conception.
More like splashed against a wall, and hatched out by the sun.

I was going to say that, until I saw that you had said it Retlaw.

 

[steve2qec]

I'm trying to work out what Groove's said on this thread that's so bad...but I can't find anything.

 

[MargaretR]

I'm trying to work out what Groove's said on this thread that's so bad...but I can't find anything.

I agree - perhaps he gets flack because he dares to be different.

 

[jaysay]

nah it was always Thresher susie. back in the day.

Ya fit loads when I was a happyrentice

 

[jaysay]

As always the clue is in the name,It was used to hold the straw (thresh) in place.

Hence the name Threshold.

I never heard of a bride being carried over the thresher.

I remember carrying the wife over the threshold when I got wed

 

[TubbyLes]

Go and ask Screwfix for a "petty snek"

 

[Benipete]

I remember carrying the wife over the threshold when I got wed

Shame It wasn't a drought excluder,Could have saved a lot of ear ache..

Anyway a thresher is the shortened name for a threshold.Thank you and good night.

 

[jaysay]

I'm trying to work out what Groove's said on this thread that's so bad...but I can't find anything.

Who's Groove

 

[groove]

Groove takes the snide comments as a back-handed compliment Mr.Steve. They usually come from a certain clique who's opinions don't really matter to him. Although Groove admits he likes reading the threads about the past from Retlaw and the gang. Groove can tell that Mr.Steve is a down to earth, liberal and chilled kinda guy.

 

[susie123]

Change to Collins
Definition of thresher | Collins English Dictionary

That's a different version of the word to the one we're looking for.
When I get home tonight I'll see if it's in Brewers Dictionary of Phrase and Fable.

Missed these two posts yesterday. I meant that the word/meaning we are talking about is not in Chambers but the others are.

Anyway I'm with Benipete on this one

a thresher is the shortened name for a threshold.Thank you and good night.

 

[cashman]

Anyway I'm with Benipete on this one

That sounds spot on to me.

 

[jaysay]

Well when I was an happyrentice, a threshers was in the form of a usually hardwood block screwed to the floor to meet the back closing edge of the door, the block usually about about one and half inches thick bevelled away from the door, with a putty sealing, there was also another bevelled piece screwed to the front of the door to stop water running down and under the door, these were soon replace by aluminium in around the early 70s I would think