Nov 4, 2022 · 'Where the woodbine twineth' is used to mean or imply that someone has gone to the pawn shop, or to refer to the pawn shop itself. The phrase may or may not have negative …

Early in the film, Mr. Brink tells Gramps he is there to take him "where the woodbine twineth." This is a reference to an 1870 poem by Septimus Winner (under the pseudonym Apsley Street) …

Gone where the woodbine twineth. To the pawnbroker’s, up the spout, where, in Quebec, “on cottage walls the woodbine may be seen twining.” (A correspondent of Quebec supplied this.)

Jan 7, 2024 · She’d say it’s gone where the woodbine twineth and the whangdoodle mourneth. The story behind this expression is complicated, but it’s clear that phrase where the woodbine …

In the 19th century, "where the woodbine twineth" appears to be an evocative phrase which in common use; however, it's actual origin and first usage remains unknown.

Jan 26, 2023 · The phrase “where the woodbine twineth,” meanwhile, has murky origins and even definitions. I like the one that says it comes from Mark Twain’s Life on the Mississippi, …

Feb 1, 2006 · : : The name "woodbine" has been given to many vines or climbing plants, including some varieties of honeysuckle. In the U.S. it usually refers to the Virginia creeper.

Oct 6, 2020 · The phrase “where the woodbine twineth” seems to have been in use in the latter part of the nineteenth century. In Winner’s poem, it suggests death, while in Twain’s narrative …

May 11, 2019 · She’d say it’s gone where the woodbine twineth and the whangdoodle mourneth. The story behind this expression is complicated, but it’s clear that phrase where the woodbine …

Jun 8, 2017 · The phrase "where the woodbine twineth" seems to have been in use in the latter part of the nineteenth century. In Winner's poem, it suggests death, while in Twain's narrative …