English Explanatory Dictionary

on one's Pat Malone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prep_phrase
  1. Alone, on one's own

Pronunciation

en-au-on one's Pat Malone.ogg

Word forms

on one's Pat Malone on one's pat

Etymology

Australian rhyming slang; possibly from the ballad Paddy Malone in Australia, recounting the tribulations of an Irish immigrant.

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