What is the etymology of “stick it in your pipe and smoke it”?
Mystery Hour Question
What is the etymology of “stick it in your pipe and smoke it”?
Charlotte, Chigwell
Answer
**Definitive**
Name: David, Wrexham
Qualification: Pondered it with University friends
Answer: an old equivalent of ‘accept it’ first recorded in the 1824 play American’s Abroad.
