a put-out dog (corrected)

[George Thompson]

Yes.  It doesn't serve as a verb in the citation.

GAT

George A. Thompson
Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern Univ. Pr., 1998, but nothing much lately.

----- Original Message -----
From: Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com>
Date: Friday, August 13, 2010 7:02 pm
Subject: Re: a put-out dog
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU

> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 6:07 PM, George Thompson
> <george.thompson at nyu.edu> wrote:
> > I don't think I see 1796 as a _verbal use_, or 1871; 1822 is.
>
> By "verbal use," do you mean, "use as a main verb"?
>
> If that's so, I certainly agree with you
>
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