wigs on the green

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#1·3h ago

(archaic, Ireland) A fight; a brawl.

Origin: In reference to the wigs that gentlemen used to wear, which might fall to the ground during a fight. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·3h ago

(dated, Ireland, as a formulaic threat) Big trouble.

1998 Frank McCourt, [https://books.google.com/books?id=hG4-QGmD_84C&pg=PA272 ''Angela's Ashes'' Ch.XII] (Simon and Schuster, ) p.272:

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