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<font size=3>At 1/21/2011 04:12 PM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">> ><br>
> > Not in OED in /any/ sense--ethnic slur, the (original?)
functional<br>
term,<br>
> > or "statuette" house accessory derived from it. Wiki
has an odd<br>
> > suggestion under Ethnic slurs:<br>
> ><br><br>
This statuette of which you speak -- is it what I think of as a
"lawn<br>
jockey"?<br>
...</blockquote><br>
Like the one that is in front of the Jockey Club on East 52nd Street in
New York City. Or used to be, if my memory is correct -- Google
street view does not show it (and the building is newer than the one I
visualize).<br><br>
Of course, there's no lawn there.<br><br>
Joel<br><br>
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