Scarborough warning

English

Etymology

Fuller links the phrase to the events of 1557, when Thomas Stafford seized upon Scarborough Castle before the townsmen had the least notice of his approach.

Noun

Scarborough warning (plural Scarborough warnings)

  1. A warning given too late to be useful.

References

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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