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[paul johnson]

Remember it well in Chicago in the '50/60's memory says t was current 
with 'Benny' for overcoat and 'Short' for car


On 2/15/2017 10:56 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
> "Well, I’m going to go ahead and _cut out_"
>
> in  which "cut out" is an ancient - haven’t heard it used since the ’40’s -
> BE term meaning simply "go, leave." It has, apparently, only extended
> meanings in standard English, e.g.
>
> Google:
>
> "cut out
> phrasal verb of cut
>
> 1. …
> 2. NORTH AMERICAN _informal_ (of a person) leave quickly, especially so as
> to avoid a boring or awkward situation."
>
> Green’s:
>
> "cut out v.3 [ext. cut v.2 (2)/cut v.4 (2)]
> 1. to rush away, to leave fast, to escape. 1834-2011 [passim]."
>
> HDAS:
>
> "cut out v. 1.a. to take off in a rush.
>
> … 1.b. to run away, clear out; (hence) to leave; to be on one’s way [In
> general currency esp. since ca1950, but now less freq. than _split_.]"
>
> Youneverknow.

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