Fwd: Re: [19cBB] Three Times Three a Tiger?--(message #3)

[Gerald Cohen]

>To: 19cBB at yahoogroups.com
>From: David McDonald <davidm at achilles.net>
>Subject: Re: [19cBB] Three Times Three a Tiger ?
>
>Bob,
>
>I think he's saying something to the effect that his opponents deserve three
>times the usual three cheers...plus a tiger. The Shorter Oxford defines
>tiger as "(U.S. slang): A shriek or howl (often the word 'tiger')
>terminating a prolonged and enthusiastic cheer (1856)" as in three
>cheers!...tiger!
>
>Cheers,
>David McDonald
>Ottawa