📚 noun • entry_id 40633
nigger in the woodpile
Meanings (ES + gloss)
gato encerrado
A hidden motive, influence or factor; a concealed (potential) snag; something suspicious.
(Bus traffic in the London area fell 33 per cent, although the total for public transport increased by 8 per cent; but private car journeys, the nigger in the public transport wood…
Democra s^([sic]) placed no nigger in the woodpile—the imputation came with a bad grace from the gentleman from Kosciusko.
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