"macabre"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Quite true. And I've always thought there was something creepy about Mr. Macawber too.

  JL

Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:
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At 4:56 AM -0700 4/18/07, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>Heard on _Fox & Friends_ this morning:
>
> "His writings were very / 'maek at br /."
>
> JL
>
And if something / 'maek at br / happens to you, it turns you into a Maccabee.

LH

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