Gone for a Burton / myLot

August 24, 2007 3:18pm CST

Does anyone know the origin of the phrase, 'gone for a Burton'? I used this today and my daughter asked where it came from.

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pumpkinjam

@pumpkinjam (8540)

• United Kingdom

25 Aug 07

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-gon1.htm This might help. I just found it. It's got a few possibilities although it might cause more confusion than clarity with all the different possibilities.

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@nannacroc (4049)

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26 Aug 07

Thanks for th link, I'll heed your warning and be careful I don't get any more confused than I already am.

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Gabs

@gabs8513 (48686)

• United Kingdom

27 Aug 07

Nope I certainly haven't lol so you can explain to me as well what it means please

gabs