"clad" (was Re: "defecting")

[Mark Mandel]

Seems likely. Once you disregard the googits referring to metalwork, the
bulk of them seem to be like that.

m a m

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 10:58 PM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Maybe because "clad" is most often associated with "scantily clad" and
> "clad only in"?
>
> JL
>

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