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- From: ap290@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ruth M. Hanschka)
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- Subject: Re: Questions
- Date: 29 Dec 1992 22:38:25 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- In a previous article, maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU (Natalie Maynor) says:
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- >> >I guess it means that the heels are worn down -- probably unevenly -- i.e.,
- >> >part of the heel is thicker than another part.
- >> But if so, is this somehow significant?
- >
- >He's sloppy? Macho-style unkemptness?
-
- More likely a reference their being "drug-store cowboys" - all duded up, but
- no dogies to handle.:-) It also means they can't afford new boots, or at least
- to put new heels on the old ones.
- >>
- >> a) "he wouldn't piss on a cop on the pad if he was on fire",
- >> b) "When you were a cop...how many guys were on a pad?"
- >On the beat??
-
- On the take.
-
- >> They're the same size here. But what is the derivation of "BB"?
- >
- >"A standard size of lead shot that measures about .46 cm., or 0.18 in.,
- >in diameter. [Perh. from the letter b.]" American Heritage Dictionary.
- >What's Perh.? I keep thinking it must be something obvious, but my mind
- >is blank at the moment.
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- Perhaps?:-)
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