piss in a quill

verb

Etymology

Reflective of a pirate's lack of interest in formalizing a strict plan, where piss, or urine is filling the quill, or pen, and their perceived worthlessness of a written or signatory agreement.

Definitions

  1. To reach an agreement on a plan.

    • He is mad to think all men can't piss in a quill, nor see with his spectacles.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for piss in a quill. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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