"Goodfellas," the book and the movie

[Wilson Gray]

Re "goodfella(s)" itself, that's what I would have expected. But I've
long since learned not to assume that a word or a phrase is not in
HDAS simply because said word or phrase is new to me. However, that a
nineteenth-century career criminal would describe himself as a "good
fellow" struck me a something that might be of interest, historically.
But, perhaps not. :-(

-Wilson

On 8/28/06, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> The only exx. I've seen of "goodfellas" have been suggested by the title of the book and movie.
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>   JL
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> Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Jon, have you seen the review in the TBR of a book entitled, A
> Pickpocket's Tale? It includes the brief memoir of a
> nineteenth-century career criminal, George Appo, who describes himself
> as, among other things, "a good fellow."
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> I didn't see either "good fellow" or "goodfella" in HDAS, but I may
> have overlooked one, the other, or both. As a house-husband and given
> that Monday is washday, I'm in the middle of doing the wash. So, I'm
> rather busy.
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> -Wilson
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> Everybody says, "How hard it is that we have to die---a strange
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-Wilson
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Everybody says, "How hard it is that we have to die"––a strange
complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.

--Sam Clemens

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