subs. (common).—A nevus; a birthmark.
c. 1866. BURNAND and SULLIVAN, Box and Cox. Have you a STRAWBERRY MARK on your left arm? No! Then you are my long lost brother.
TO CUT DOWN AN OAK, AND SET UP A STRAWBERRY, verb. phr. (old).—To waste; cf. Ital. Cavar un chiodo e piantar una cavicchia (= To dig up a nail and plant a pin).
