Colloquialism: to see a man about a dog

[Joel S. Berson]

At 6/16/2011 04:10 AM, Wilson Gray wrote:

>On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
> > I remember it as "see a man about a horse."

IIRC, Larry grew up in NYC.  As did I, but I remember it as "dog".

Joel


>As do I. FWIW, only in Saint Louis, used in front of the ladies and
>the chirren by men of my parents' age. We masculine children used
>"take a leak," as our elders most likely did, too, when out of earshot
>of childring and ladies.
>
>OTOH, I didn't learn "take a _dump_" till I was in the Army.
>
>Horse-drawn milk trucks, junk wagons, and other such vehicles were
>common of the streets till some time After The War.
>
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