"tooth and neck"

[Laurence Horn]

At 11:08 AM -0400 9/17/08, Charles Doyle wrote:
>Really, Larry! You and I are both BULLDOGS; shouldn't you have said
>"bulldog-style," not "pitbull-style"?!
>
>--Charlie

Naaah, bulldogs don't leave that lipstick evidence trail.

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>---- Original message ----
>>Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:45:39 -0400
>>From: Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
>>Subject: Re: "tooth and neck"
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>>>
>>Seems like a plausible candidate for an online blend.  On the other
>>hand, maybe if this catches on it will be reanalyzed as "fought
>>[them] tooth in neck", pitbull-style...
>>
>>
>>LH
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