Simile: like *substance* through a tin horn

[Dan Goncharoff]

Because funnels look like horns, and both are made of tin.
DanG


On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> I've never had any inkling that "tin horn" was a term for a funnel.  Why
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