Loose cannon (1889)

[Mark A. Mandel]

Sarah Lang <slang at UCHICAGO.EDU> writes

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(Also: when a Loose Cannon Flogs a Dead Horse There's the Devil to
Pay: Seafaring Words in Everyday Speech--Olivia A. Isil. Not
academic, but a good and *entreating* starting place.)
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No comprendo. "Endearing", perhaps?

-- Mark
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