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[Laurence Horn]

> On Feb 27, 2017, at 5:12 PM, Barretts Mail <mail.barretts at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> FWIW, I agree with my Mac dictionary that a sleigh is a sled drawn by horses or reindeer. BB

It’s that too.  That’s DARE’s sense #1.  We couldn’t afford horses or reindeer on W. 163rd St., just a humble wooden sleigh pulled by gravity.

LH
 
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>> On 27 Feb 2017, at 09:49, Shawnee Moon <moon.shawnee at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>> "Wonder if there’s change in progress.  For millennials, I suspect it’s much more likely that they went “sledding” on a “sled" rather than “sleigh-riding” on a “sleigh", and “go sleighing” sounds too much like a pun from a horror movie."
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>> More likely, the millennials had their noses stuck to their iPhones and don't know what a sled, nor a sleigh, is. 
>> :-/
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