Phrase guide
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phrase
Used to intensify a statement of someone's identity, particularly to make a humorous comparison between two unrelated people or entities.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, humorous
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
After newspaper competitions, such as Lobby Lud, where readers were offered money for spotting a certain figure in public and accosting him with a passphrase, such as "you are Lobby Lud, and I claim my five pounds". (However, the Lobby Lud competition did not involve this phrase.)
