Curate's friend

 

Kennings, invented by the Vikings, are riddling ways of referring to things. The sea was the whale’s way, and a sword was a – blood onion?

 

Adam’s ale = water

ankle biter = child

big sleep = death (Raymond Chandler)

blindman's holiday = night, darkness

bog trotter = Irishman

boneyard = cemetery

brother of the quill = writer

cake’ole = mouth

cow catcher = grid on front of old American train

curate’s friend = three-tier cake stand

devil's dandruff = cocaine

dumb waiter = rotating tray

hot seat = electric chair

jail bird = prisoner

knight of the road = tramp

last roundup = death

long goodbye = death (Raymond Chandler)

mother’s ruin = gin

necktie party = lynch mob

pine overcoat = coffin

rug rat = child

sky pilot = chaplain

skyscraper = tall building

windcheater = jacket