strum up support

Arnold M. Zwicky zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU
Wed Jun 13 22:17:43 UTC 2007


On Jun 13, 2007, at 3:00 PM, Doug Harris wrote:

> In a poetic way, _strum up support_ makes perfect sense if
> referring to
> the effort stringed-instrument-bearing buskers, flower children and
> the like do to allow them to continue the lifestyle they've chosen.

now in the ecdb, with doug quoted as above:

   http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/928/strum-up/

arnold

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