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phr. (alternative form of off with one's head English)
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Off with His Head is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the nineteenth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn, and was first published in 1957. The plot concerns a village festival in the English countryside, and features Morris dancing among other folkloric elements. The novel was published as Death of a Fool in the United States, a reference to the fact that the murder victim is playing a Fool in the festival.
The novel is classed as a locked room mystery.
Category:Roderick Alleyn novels Category:1957 novels Category:Locked room mysteries Category:Collins Crime Club books
Usage examples of "off with his head".
Teaching a niggra like that to read, that he's bound to run off with his head full of nonsense?
Let a fellow walk off with his head all cracked and him in a strange town and his belly full of my breakfast, I might add!
He turned to study the ground nearby and wandered off with his head bent as if in search of something.