hairlip the world

Joan Hall jdhall at FACSTAFF.WISC.EDU
Sun Feb 2 21:43:55 UTC 2003


DARE includes it at "harelip" verb.  We included it in the phrases "harelip
the government, ~ the governor, ~ hell, ~ every mule in Texas, ~ all the
hogs in Texas."

At 12:09 AM 2/1/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>Today, my husband uttered an expression I'd never heard.  "I'm gonna
>finish [x] project if it hairlips the world."  When I stared at him,
>he said it was one of his mother's expressions - Oklahoma born and
>bred.
>
>Have any of you heard this?
>
>Rima



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