tolo(s)

[Anne Gilbert]

Joan:

Heck.  They seemed to have tolos several times a year at the (Seattle) high
school I attended. . . . .that was back in the early 60's.
Anne G
>
> I heard "tolo" (not "tolos") for a turnabout (Sadie Hawkins) dance in
about
> 1962 from someone who had come to California from Seattle.
>
> At 11:57 PM 12/31/2003 -0500, you wrote:
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> >Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> >Poster:       Sam Clements <sclements at NEO.RR.COM>
> >Subject:      tolo(s)
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> >In a discussion over at Straightdope,  a poster offered that he/she knew
the
> >term "tolos" to mean a Sadie Hawkins Dance.
> >
> >Where does this one come from and when?  (tolos)
> >
> >Another poster, who is a rather good Googler, found a cite which
indicated
> >current Northwest US usage of the term.