Spiggotie (1909); Firemen, or Moors and Christians

[Jonathon Green]

Mea whatever.

Leonard Zwilling; A TAD Lexicon (ie an annotated dictionary of the work of
T.A. Dorgan) (1993)

JG

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From: "Dennis R. Preston" <preston at PILOT.MSU.EDU>
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Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 2:54 PM
Subject: Re: Spiggotie (1909); Firemen, or Moors and Christians


> Does this mean a little bitty ole one?
>
> dInIs (citing the only TAD he knows, although he reckons he'll be
> blasted for this ignorance of acronyms; I wish there was a Barhardt
> American Dictionary)
>
> >  Jonathon Green's CASSELL DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN SLANG (1998) has "19C,
US"
> >and "? broken English 'spikka da English.'"  What cites does he
have??--ed.)
> >>
> >
> >To date, other than this, a TAD one for 1908 (thanks to L. Zwilling).
> >
> >JG
>
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