"gink"?

[Wilson Gray]

On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
>
> He tipp'd to me _the wink_

Sigh! Some things just refuse to change. Even over miles and years!

>From a '50's R&B song

I was sittin' down
Having a drink
Along came a chick
And she gave me _the wink_
She said:
I know you like me
And I like you
So,
Come on, baby
We got things to do
And it was all righty


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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain


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