Mowing down on

[Wilson Gray]

WAG: a corruption of "mawing down on," perhaps?

-Wilson

On 1/3/07, Paul Johnston <paul.johnston at wmich.edu> wrote:
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> Or a connection with (hay) mow, which is where you would store hay in
> a barn, and does rhyme with cow?
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