Take the rag off the bush---(origin of "rap" (talk)

[Douglas G. Wilson]

>But isn't even "rap someone's knuckles" literary? Have you ever heard
>anyone say that?

I truly don't remember for sure. It seems like something my grandmother
might have threatened. I guess it's been restricted to metaphor for quite a
while.

-- Doug Wilson


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