went walkabout

[Victor]

True enough, which is why Jon Lighter's explanation seems plausible.

    VS-)

Joel S. Berson wrote:
> At 6/24/2009 03:56 PM, Victor wrote:
>
>> Nothing that I found online has served to remedy this. Unless someone
>> tells me that this is also a slang term in PA, DC or SC, its appearance
>> would remain "odd" to me.
>>
>
> Nonsense.  People read newspapers and books, go to movies, even watch
> television, etc.
>
> Joel
>

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