- pay with the roll of a drum
- obsolete Britishto avoid paymentIt was illegal to seek to arrest a soldier for debt while he was on the march.
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
pay with the roll of a drum
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