[Ads-l] foment

[Jonathan Lighter]

A ship is involved. They must mean "foament."

JL

On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 10:38 AM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:

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> <"Cuba, UK seek to foment ties with visit of British Royal Navy ship.">
> Certainly will cause some in the Homeland to <foam at> the mouth.
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