No soap, dove bar -- was "dive bar"

[Laurence Horn]

On Jan 11, 2014, at 7:40 PM, W Brewer wrote:

> LH: <<can't get a handle on . . . a "dove" bar>>
> WB: An upscaled pigeon hole?
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Thinking about this kind of (regional only?) Dove bar--http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dove_Bar--I had forgotten about the other kind of Dove bar (no pigeons involved, or dive bars that have closed down): http://tinyurl.com/mnprrh7.  Good for wiping off the chocolate from the first kind.

LH

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