Splib

Douglas G. Wilson douglas at NB.NET
Sun Sep 26 21:25:48 UTC 2004


I am curious as to the origin myself.

I hope Jonathon Green can say something about it. His (Cassell's) slang
dictionary shows an etymology which I don't understand.

Elsewhere, Chapman's dictionary shows "spade" + "liberal" as the etymology
... which doesn't seem likely to me without strong evidence.

Perhaps HDAS has something.

-- Doug Wilson



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