THE LINEN, subs. phr. (common).—The stage curtain: THE RAG (q.v.).
TO WRAP UP IN CLEAN LINEN, verb. phr. (old).—To deliver sordid or SMUTTY (q.v.) matter in decent language.—RAY (1767).
TO COOL IN ONE’S LINEN, verb. phr. (old).—To die.
d. 1796. BURNS, Poems, ‘O Merry Hae I Been.’ Blessed be the hour she COOLED IN HER LINENS.
