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reesetee A call for a truce by one who has fallen in wrestling or play; a request for a time-out.
. . . do not go
To fight, lest ye, when canons rumble,
With shame for fear, cry barlafumble.
-- A Book of Scotish Pasquils, ed. by J. Maidment (1868)
Feb 2, 2007