Cunning (Was: Re: hawk/hock)
Mark A Mandel
mam at THEWORLD.COM
Fri Jul 19 00:08:49 UTC 2002
On Thu, 18 Jul 2002, Peter A. McGraw wrote:
#I think this use of "cunning" must have been fairly widespread in that
#generation.
#
#--On Thursday, July 18, 2002 11:50 AM -0400 Catherine Aman
#
#> My grandmother [...]
#> used the word "cunning" to describe something cute or pretty.) She was
#> born and raised in Salem, Mass.
Akkkk! Recollection just struck: My maternal grandmother, born and
raised in NYC and lived there all her life, used it too.
-- Mark A. Mandel
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