'carved a pumpkin'
first recorded usage in medieval times:
'My liege! Hast thou been carving a pumpkin?'
'By my troth! A pumpkin has been carved across my very threshold! A pox upon you all!'
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'My liege! Hast thou been carving a pumpkin?'
'By my troth! A pumpkin has been carved across my very threshold! A pox upon you all!'