_Canvass_ > "examine, pore over, search"

[Jonathan Lighter]

You and me, Wilson. The last of the old breed.

JL


On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 7:22 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:

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> I have heard the phrase "canvass the area" in the context of police looking
> for evidence ... forever. Canvassing a desert for a dead body is no stretch
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> On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 6:14 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 5:04 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com>
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> > > a standard definition. What is your issue?
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> > What dictionary are you using?
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> > My issue is that "canvassing a desert for a dead body" makes no sense to
> > me.
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> > If it makes sense to you, then good on you. What can I tell you? Nobody
> > agrees with anybody about everything. "Different strokes... "
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> > come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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