where did the expression kangaroo court come from
Kangaroo court Although the term kangaroo court has been erroneously explained to have its origin from Australia's courts while it was a penal colony,[6] the first published instance is from an American source in the year 1853.[7] Some sources suggest that it may have been popularized during the California Gold Rush of 1849, along with mustang court,[8] as a description of the hastily carried-out proceedings used to deal with the issue of claim jumping miners.[6] Ostensibly the term comes from the notion of justice proceeding "by leaps", like a kangaroo[9] â€“ in other words, "jumping over" (intentionally ignoring) evidence that would be in favour of the defendant. Another possibility is that the phrase could refer to the pouch of a kangaroo, meaning the court is in someone's pocket. The phrase is popular in the UK, US, Australia and New Zealand and is still in common use.[10] Also note the existence of the phrase "Jumping to conclusions".
Bracket Forms include round (also called "parentheses"), square, curly (also called "braces"), and angle brackets (also called "chevrons"); and various other pairs of symbols.
Holy Roller Merriam-Webster traces the word to 1841.[3] The Oxford English Dictionary cites an 1893 memoir by Charles Godfrey Leland, in which he says "When the Holy Spirit seized them ... the Holy Rollers ... rolled over and over on the floor."[6]
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