Not in anything by Jonathon? Should it be in a future work?
Wilson Gray
hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Thu Apr 3 17:46:43 UTC 2014
While trying to document '60's BE slang, _Roadhog_ "Cadillac Sedan de
Ville," - *still* a fruitless endeavor, seemingly - I came across
"... canicide (i.e. dog-killer) = a reckless motorist ..."
The Duden pictorial encyclopedia in five languages: English, French,
German, Italian, Spanish, Volume 2, Page 19
Konrad Duden
New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Company, 1958
http://goo.gl/WLdBhE
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-Wilson
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