[Ads-l] exorbitant/absorbent mixup

[Mark Mandel]

Nice find, Garson!

Mark Mandel


On Thu, May 2, 2019, 2:29 PM ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>
wrote:

> British Veterinarian and author James Herriot used "absorbent price"
> in the dialog of a character.
>
> Date: 1973
> Book title: Let Sleeping Vets Lie
> Author: James Herriot
> Quote Page 28
> Database: Google Books snippet. Unverified
>
> [Begin snippet text]
> 'It nearly shifted your pig, didn't it?' I sniffed at the mixture.
> 'And no wonder. It smells almost like pure turpentine.'
>
> 'Turpentine! Well by gaw is that all it is? And bloke said it was
> summat new. Charged me an absorbent price for it too.'
> [End snippet text]
>
> Garson
>

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