Guess the Phrase I

The House of B&D is the proud owner^* of Orijinz, a language game where you guess the phrase or word from the description origin. We utterly fail to play it in real life so clearly we should play it on teh internets. Those of you who remember playing what am I back in 2005 may wish to crawl away in terror now. I have Definitions Clues and will hand them out on request. Answers on Sunday.

ETA #2 should read "sold the grease to span soap and candle makers"

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