peeties and more dice slang

Sun Jul 17 14:24:17 UTC 2005

Nifty.

JL

"Mullins, Bill" <Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL> wrote:
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"crap out" -- figurative sense. OED has 1942.

"Darktown Society Wedding"
Georgia | Atlanta | The Atlanta Constitution | 1912-11-24 Sec B p. 4 col =
3.
"Then "Jedge Briles" asked the bridegroom who crapped out of a wedding =
what he had to say, and the startling reply was: [long quote follows]"

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