Set-ups (was "Boilermakers")

Bob Haas highbob at MINDSPRING.COM
Mon Apr 3 16:23:27 UTC 2000


Oh, yeah, church key.  I've gotten those some puzzled looks.  I cannot for
the life of me remember where I picked up the usage.

> From: James Smith <jsmithjamessmith at YAHOO.COM>
> Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 09:21:41 -0700
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: Set-ups (was "Boilermakers")
>
> How about 'church key' for can-opener?  I said this to
> a woman - a drinker - in her 20's and got a look of
> total puzzlement.



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