been and (gone and) –

been and (gone and) –
been and (gone and) –
appears in popular speech in Dickens (Pickwick Papers, 1836), and is still common in casual and jocular contexts, although it now sounds somewhat dated

• (And what's more, he's been and gone and got it printed —P. Bailey, 1986).


Modern English usage. 2014.

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