Jooster expressions

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ooo. So I'm catching up on World Wide Words and on the Dec 31st issue..

[Q] From Lee-Ann Nelson: “I am baffled by an expression from P G Wodehouse. Bertie puts on his soup and fish. Can you explain this?”

[A] I can. The soup and fish is a man’s evening dress, dinner suit, or dress suit, though I should really instead refer to it as a tuxedo, since—despite Bertie Wooster’s mainly London milieu—the phrase seems to be natively American.

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I haven't read Jooster in a long time.. :( Does anyone know of other [odd/unfamiliar/etc] expressions found in Jooster? :D

Lady Glossop

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What happened to Sir Roderick Glossop's first wife, does anyone know?

In "The Inimitable Jeeves," Aunt Agatha wrangles an invitation for Bertie to Ditteridge Hall, Sir Roderick's residence, from Lady Glossop, who is described as Honoria's mother. Very much alive-o. In "Thank You, Jeeves," an indefinite time later (all times in Wodehouse are indefinite) Sir Roderick is courting Chuffy Chuffnell's Aunt Myrtle. One presumes that sometime during this interval the first Lady Glossop died, but I don't recall any explanation of her fate in that book. So--anyone know?