[Ads-l] "A Man in a Doublet ...

Sun Apr 17 19:01:03 UTC 2016

When we moved to the Portland, OR area about 20yrs ago, a real estate company was advertising small duplex units as "doublets."

Uggh.

- GLL

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A Man in a Doubletis but an Ass in a Cassock.

New England Weekly Journal, 1736 March 16, 1/1.=C2=A0 Epigraph to essay.

Joel

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