Bill H wrote:
"One of my colleagues suggests that Rankin may be playing
with words. She has heard the phrase "someone light in his
loafers" applied to homosexuals."
That's why I initially brought up the question. I am very
familiar with the phrase "light in the loafers" referring to
homosexuality. I asked several friends and that's how they
all knew the phrase, too. So I was asking if "like your
loafers" was specific to Rankin (and he does play off it,
saying it didn't matter to Rebus because he never wore
loafers) or whether it was the accepted British version of
the phrase.
Mark
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