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Y5 homework beaten me! Can you help?

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momb · 04/05/2015 11:00

DD10 has a sheet of Fours to complete. She needs to find the link to Four in every item on the list.
We have most of them (e.g. April: 4th month etc) but are struggling with the following:
slang for a blow with the fist
the Press
'notice' of a Sherlock Holmes story

Can you help?
Thanks :-)

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mrz · 04/05/2015 11:02

The press us known as the fourth estate

3isthemagicnumber · 04/05/2015 11:03

Sign of four -Sherlock Holmes story

jeee · 04/05/2015 11:03
  1. Don't know
  2. The Fourth Estate
  3. Sign of Four
VivaLeBeaver · 04/05/2015 11:04

The sign of the four is a Sherlock holmes story.

gallicgirl · 04/05/2015 11:06

A blow with fist is usually known as a bunch of fives so not sure how link with 4 works.

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momb · 04/05/2015 11:08

thankyou :-)

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momb · 04/05/2015 11:09

googling slang has brought up some awful phrases but nothing I can link to 4!

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TheoriginalLEM · 04/05/2015 11:13

i think a "hand" is an approximate measurement of four inches in hosre speak.

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momb · 04/05/2015 11:27

Any further thoughts on slang for a blow with a fist?
Thanks for all help so far!

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VivaLeBeaver · 04/05/2015 11:34

The fist thing is bugging me.

Have found this website here with loads of words but nothing jumps out as being to do with four?

TheoriginalLEM · 04/05/2015 11:36

bunch of fives

Lonecatwithkitten · 04/05/2015 11:42

LEM is right in measuring horses 1 hand is 4 inches.

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momb · 04/05/2015 11:46

I agree that a hand is 4 inches but not sure how this fits with the clue?

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momb · 04/05/2015 11:47

We got bunch of fives too! Nothing with four though!
Frustrating!

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AuntieStella · 04/05/2015 11:48

I was wondering about an awful pun on 'fought' (but that's not slang)

SoupDragon · 04/05/2015 11:55

The only thing I can think of is whether "knuckle sandwich" could be four knuckle sandwich. I've never heard of it and neigh has Google though.

tomatodizzymum · 04/05/2015 11:58

could it be slang for brass knuckles, a four finger ring.

SandStorm · 04/05/2015 12:02

There are four primary punches in boxing: the jab, cross, hook, and uppercut.

(from wiki - not my own knowledge!)

SandStorm · 04/05/2015 12:04

not slang though so probably doesn't help you

beresh · 04/05/2015 12:53

fourpenny
/?f??p?n?/
adjective
1.
(Brit, slang) a blow, esp with the fist

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momb · 04/05/2015 13:04

Thank you so much!! Never heard of that!

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SoupDragon · 04/05/2015 13:19

Me neither!

Leeds2 · 04/05/2015 15:36

I think that is quite difficult homework for Year 5!

GrouchyKiwi · 04/05/2015 15:39

But kind of fun.

GrouchyKiwi · 04/05/2015 15:39

I think the teacher has been playing with Sporcle.

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