A swainbank is a widely recognised standard weight around the cumbrian area (especially keswick)
It amounts to approximately 10 stone wet through. A swainbank may be used in multiples and with additional fractions of a swainbank to give accurate measurement.
I can lift one an a half swainbanks with my right arm, maybe two on a good day.
My cow weighs seven swainbanks, unless its just been milked then itl be half a swainbank less.
Someone or something that bites your ankles.
To a postman, an ankle biter is often known as a dog.
To an adult, an ankle biter may be a toddler.
To hikers, an ankle biter is sometimes a tick.
And so on.
When a manwill search for hours to find something that is laying out in the open on a table. Items are often easily found by a women.
Man: "I have been searching for hours for keys."
Woman: "You mean the ones sitting there on the coffee table?"
Man: "Where?"
Woman: "Right there in the middle of that table."
Man: "oh, must have been Male Pattern Blindness"