Bill I suspect it came out by way of 'peach' meaning soft and possibly open
to anybody (I'm afraid there's an awful sexual implication as is so often)
perhaps 'open lips' is the nugget. I notice I failed to mention the
seemingly obvious too - that 'the drop' meant hanging in the UK and
presumably other places but I don't know about the US.
Best
Dave
On 30 October 2014 07:28, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thanks, Dave. The informer connotation new to me.
>
> Bill
>
> On 30/10/2014, at 9:29 AM, David Bircumshaw wrote:
>
> > Thanks Bill, I always like your comments, and your approach. In the back
> of
> > my mind with the (very deliberately) ungrammatical 'drop' were and was
> the
> > old common use of the word as in 'the drop' while 'peach' is meant to
> wake
> > the sense of an informer.
> >
> > Best
> >
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > On 29 October 2014 04:24, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> Like this bit particularly, David:
> >>
> >> On 29/10/2014, at 12:54 PM, David Bircumshaw wrote:
> >>
> >>> ... his head
> >>>
> >>> Almost loll-loll lolling
> >>>
> >>> Drops like a peach, pillowed
> >>>
> >>> On nothing but memory
> >>
> >> Nothing like a peach drop - or a peach landing.
> >>
> >> Re-watched the Kipling tale, The Man who would be King the other night,
> >> speaking of heads, some in that fine flick, unpillowed except by calico
> as
> >> polo pucks.
> >>
> >> Bill
> >>
> >
> >
> >
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