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Talking With Jon - Episode 19 Clip - Smashing a table
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Talking With Jon - Episode 19 Clip - Smashing a table The word smashing is used in common parlance in the United Kingdom and Australia to denote that something is well done. It has its origin in the Irish Language phrase "is maith sin", meaning 'that's good'. It was used in its native Irish form by 19th-century Irish navvies in England and anglicised into its current form. An example of its use is 'Thats a smashing piece of work' This vocabulary article is a stub about definitions or usages of words or phrases. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it, and consider copying it to Wiktionary.
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