"De Hook" (was: "rush the can")
Peter A. McGraw
pmcgraw at LINFIELD.EDU
Mon Jun 18 16:57:46 UTC 2001
I have the feeling I've heard "de Hook" and am supposed to know what it
means, but if I did know, I've forgotten. Does it refer to a particular
area of NYC originally known, in Dutch colonial days, as "de Hoek" (the
corner)? Or is it something else entirely?
Peter Mc.
--On Monday, June 18, 2001 11:26 AM -0500 Gerald Cohen <gcohen at UMR.EDU>
wrote:
> there was no man on 'de Hook' who could rush it oftener or drink
> deeper or fight hard then he."
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Peter A. McGraw
Linfield College * McMinnville, OR
pmcgraw at linfield.edu
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