Slang phrase nigger during the woodpile "a hid motive or unknown aspect affecting a circumstance in an adverse way" [OED 1989] is attested by 1800; Thornton's "American Glossary" (1912) defines it as "A mode of accounting for your disappearance of fuel," therefore "an unsolved mystery.The area has only been registered lately. We advise you to be ca… Read More