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- phrase UK Wealth earned in one generation seldom lasts through the third (grandchild’s) generation.
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Circa 1700, perhaps of Lancashire origin, due to clogs being stereotypical clothes of peasants. Compare shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations.
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