As 'cringesome' moments go it was right down there with Scotland goalie Stewart Kennedy trying to garrotte himself on his crossbar during England's 5-1 Wembley mauling in 1975.

Unfortunately, when it comes to the informant who turns state’s evidence against a confrere, the OED slaps on the obscure origin label.

I scarcely slept a minuteful.

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