"=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=A6_?=brag about _his_/herself" [NC]; _drop_ = "opioid in pill form."

[Wilson Gray]

On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 4:59 AM, Eric Nielsen <ericbarnak at gmail.com> wrote:
> Of course, "a drop of opium" would often refer to a liquid drop of a tincture.

Nevertheless, very interesting, either way! Well, IMO, anyway. As
everyone knows, I always defer to the opinions of the field's
academics.

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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
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-Mark Twain

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