prissy, 1842 (?)

[Jonathan Lighter]

So law enforcement officers couldn't open it after all.  Unless they fit into at least one of the other categories.

Since I was a student of "English" at the time, I guess I owe someone an apology.

JL

Jesse Sheidlower <jester at PANIX.COM> wrote:
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On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 05:13:17AM -0700, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> The warning, IIRC, was on the back of the dust jacket. Seriously.

Front flap, actually.

"The sale of this book is limited strictly to professional
workers, scholars and institutions in folklore, anthropology,
sociology, psychology, psychiatry, and medicine, and to
students in those and related disciplines."

Aside from the price ($12.00), that's the _entire_ copy on
the flaps, although there are odd line drawings.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED


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