Farmer’s Slang & Its Analogues. 1890–1909, rev. 2022.
Pope’s-size
subs. phr. (trade).—See quot.
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1888. Notes and Queries, 7 S. vii. 225. A year or two ago I bought a merino vest. On the bill I noticed P.S. after it, and by enquiry elicited that P.S. stood for POPE’S SIZE, and that POPE’S SIZE meant short and stout.
