4/2/2023 0 Comments Origin paint the town red![]() ![]() ![]() 4/7: A Perth architect, well known for his proneness for painting the town on occasions, gave the city an extra coating last week.Ī. 3/7: fter he had painted London a bright carmine he was told he’d better cut it out. Sydney Sportsman (Surry Hills, NSW) 30 Mar. Luftig’ ‘Where are my Dollars Gone?’ in Bulletin Reciter 1880–1901 77: A trifle glorious I may get, now and then, with comrades gay, / And paint the town vermillion. 44/3: The cheerful royst’rer of uncertain tread, / Who used to paint the town bright red.īateman & LeBrunn Folkestone for the Day □ We painted Folkestone beautiful red, and came back lovely brown. 4/4: An’ he paints the district crimson when you get him fairly wild. 55: Paint the Town Red, to play a great lark. When we’re out on a randan, we don’t care a -.Ĭ. Pett Ridge Minor Dialogues 263: We painted the bally place red, I can tell you. 15/2: e can devote a few evenings out painting the town a deep vermilion. Henry’ ‘Chanson de Bohême’ in Rolling Stones (1913) 243: I’d rather distribute a coat of red / On the town with a wad of dough. St Paul Dly Globe (MN) 24 June 9/3: When Coxey gets to Congress we’ll paint the town vermillion just whenever we durn please. ![]() 1/4: He must not paint the country red, nor go upon the spree. 1/6: Young Crossbred, son of a big speculating Victoria squatter, ‘came in’ and painted the town red.Ĭivil & Milit. 1/3: And the pair were painting the Tivoli pea green with the proceeds. 3/5: It is utterly wrong to suppose that Wilfrid Lawsonites never ‘paint the town’. By six o’clock the pretty little watering place was as red in the face as a spanked baby. ![]() 1/4: A party of Brighton viveurs drove over to Worthing a few days back, and no sooner struck the little town than they began to get in the decorating work with the carmine brush. Trumble Mott Street Poker Club 33: ‘Mr Hong-Lung may be confidently expected to paint things red in his best style’. 1/2: They wore the garb of a veritable cowboy who might paint the town vermillion hue if they got on a rampage.Ī. ‘’Arry on the Jubilee’ in Punch 25 June 305/1: The town’s painted red, I can tell yer.ĭallas Dly Herald (TX) 28 Jan. Francis Jr Saddle and Mocassin 147: One of these chaps from Texas come in there to paint the town, and got his tank full. The local Marine Board, however, do not encourage sport, and threaten to deal severely with any tug-master who takes to ‘painting her red’ in future.į. in Miller & Snell Why the West was Wild 515: A pair of very ‘fly’ Chicago drummers came down last week bent on doing the ‘boys’ up and painting the town red.īulletin (Sydney) 23 May 14/1: Great sport up in Newcastle (N.S.W.) steam-tug racing. 3/3: The boys painted the town a ‘bright vermillion’.Ĭaldwell Journal 16 Oct. Oracle XII 28: And nightly I painted, Vermillion, the town / Or with flashes of crimson, I varied the hue, / While language Soph’moric, Would make the air blue. in Wiley Life of Johnny Reb (1943) 66: We visit the Theaters may be get on a big Whope & Paint the thing red. PDM Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.Letter q. This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1928. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. The author died in 1926, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 95 years or fewer. Restoration by Trialsanderrors: "I'll paint the town red", political cartoon, 1885.See Commons:Licensing for more information. A normal copyright tag is still required. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division ![]()
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