a put-out dog

[Wilson Gray]

On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 6:07 PM, George Thompson
<george.thompson at nyu.edu> wrote:
> I don't think I see 1796 as a _verbal use_, or 1871; 1822 is.

By "verbal use," do you mean, "use as a main verb"?

If that's so, I certainly agree with you

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-Wilson
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