how would you translate this word

[jeff brooks]

boor or lout work fairly well for the nineteenth century. jb

On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Robert Orr <colkitto at rogers.com> wrote:

> This "dates and locates" me a bit, but I've seen "heel", "cad", "twerp"
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