ace boon-coon

[Wilson Gray]

If I was going to get soulful on Euripides's ass, I'd go to Uncle Remus.

-Wilson

On Dec 8, 2007 9:33 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Rare Classical sighting:
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>   1998 Marilyn Nelson, in David R. Slavitt & Palmer Bowie, eds. _Euripides 1_ (Phila.: U. of Pennsylvana Press)  74: So Polymestor is Hecuba's homeboy, her brother, her ace-boon- coon.
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