Dead mans pinch

phr.

Heard in Tipperary, Galway and Kerry

Bruise or pinch, where blood gathers in a lump under the skin.

In use

The bleddy pliers caught me, ann I have a dead mans pinch now.

Posh English

The blasted pliers caught me, and now I have a rather nasty blood blister.

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