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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Stretch’er.
 
An exaggeration; a statement stretched out beyond the strict truth. Also a frame on which the sick or wounded are carried; a frame on which painters’ canvas is stretched; etc.   1
 


 Street and Walker (Messrs.).Strike (A). 

 
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