God bless the Duke of Argyll
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A reference to parasites or cutaneous affections that might induce a shrugging reaction. Associated with an apocryphal tale that the Duke erected posts on his land that people found it convenient to rub against.
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- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary