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- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 11:54:00 MST
- Sender: English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
- From: Dan Lester <ALILESTE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Questions
- Comments: To: English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
- In-Reply-To: Message of Tue, 29 Dec 1992 17:37:39 +0100 from <torkel@SICS.SE>
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- On Tue, 29 Dec 1992 17:37:39 +0100 <torkel@SICS.SE> said:
- > No. "When you were a cop, did you want to know everything that was going on
- >in your department? How many guys were on a pad? How many of them copped
- >some skag or flake at a bust and sold it off later?"
- >
- the last sentence confirms that the reference is to being on the take,
- crooked, less than totally honest, etc.
-
- dan
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