[Ads-l] worm

Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Sun Aug 9 20:25:24 UTC 2015


On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 2:14 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Early


The devil you say! First I've heard of this use of "worm." Since ca. 1600
in *print*?! Whoa! What cave have I been living in?

Youneverknow.
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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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