galoshes and rubbers and overshoes, oh my

[Eric Nielsen]

In Scotland, a pencil eraser.

Eric

On 6/7/12, Dan Nussbaum <yekkey at aol.com> wrote:
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> In New Jersey "rubbers" meant condoms.
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