Re: GARDENING TOOLS-the Sharpshooter
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: GARDENING TOOLS-the Sharpshooter
- From: A* R* <a*@austx.tandem.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 12:00:45 -0600 (CST)
> I think the term 'poaching spade' is from England and refers to some
> animal that poachers used on royal land.
I don't think we want to know what kind of animal could be used for fur
or good eatin' after being smacked with a posthole digger...
> And we 'rustle' our petticoats :>)
Well, us Southern Belles do as well, but the menfolk rustle horses.
It's a euphemism for "stealing."
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Amy Moseley Rupp (amyr@austx.tandem.com) Austin, TX, USDA z8b, Sunset z30
Amy Moseley (amy@ece.utexas.edu) Graduate Student in Software Engineering
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