Teen follies

[Emily G. Cunningham]

I'm sorry to interrupt this thread with a non sequitur, but I'd never heard
the phrase "beat all hollow" before. What is its origin? What does it mean?
(besides "thoroughly beat", I presume...)

Thanks!
Emily Cunningham
Law Librarian & Dialect Hobbyist
Houston, TX

On 12/14/06, Arnold M. Zwicky <zwicky at csli.stanford.edu> wrote:
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> On Dec 14, 2006, at 11:50 AM, Beverly Flanigan wrote:
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> > Don't forget to share the award with NPR.
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> > At 12:35 PM 12/14/2006, you wrote:
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> >> ... we're thinking of
> >> giving [BBC News] some kind of award for their reporting on
> >> language issues.
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> oh, BBC News has NPR beat all hollow in *news reporting*.
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> arnold
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