Up The Pole

What is Up The Pole?


1.

phr. 1 (late 19C+) insane. 2 1920s +) pregnant (cf. UP THE SPOUT).

- Is she up the pole?

- Better ask Seymour that. (James Joyce:Ulysses,PICADOR,1998, p.23)

2.

Pregnant, usually unplanned, Irish slang, as in "knocked up"

From the great Irish film, THE SNAPPER:

"She's gone and got herself up the pole"

See pregnant, up the spout, knocked up


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