"derailleur, n." - Word of the Day from the OED

[Carl W. Thiel]

Circa 1967, the English rock band Cream named their second

album DISRAELI GEARS as a play on the term "derailleur gears"
and one of Britain's more famous Victorian prime ministers.

Carl

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Carl William Thiel
somewhere near Buffalo, New York

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