English Explanatory Dictionary

and I claim my five pounds

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. Used to intensify a statement of someone's identity, particularly to make a humorous comparison between two unrelated people or entities.

Word forms

and I claim my five pounds

Etymology

After newspaper competitions, such as Lobby Lud, where readers were offered money for spotting a certain figure in public and accosting him with a passphrase, such as "you are Lobby Lud, and I claim my five pounds". (However, the Lobby Lud competition did not involve this phrase.)

Synonyms

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