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Idiom

George Raft

SlangCockney rhyming slang

Meaning

draught

Examples

“Close the door because there is a cold George Raft in here.”

“I sat by the window and felt a George Raft, so I pulled my sweater tighter.”

“The old house was drafty, and a persistent George Raft whistled through the cracks in the window frame all night.”

Examples

simple

“Close the door because there is a cold George Raft in here.”

contextual

“I sat by the window and felt a George Raft, so I pulled my sweater tighter.”

complex

“The old house was drafty, and a persistent George Raft whistled through the cracks in the window frame all night.”

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