[Ads-l] Make like a Presbyterian church ...

[Jonathan Lighter]

People used to make like a sheepdog....

JL

On Sun, Feb 9, 2020 at 12:29 PM Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think that I'd rather make like a tree and leave.
>
> On Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 5:42 AM W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > ... and get the flock outta heah!
> > <kirkify>, my OED word for Friday 7th February.
> > No, not what they did to Chris Pine, but ...
> > ***kirkify***, v. transitive 'to make like a Presbyterian church in
> > appearance ...'
> > Aye, laddy, austere white strooctures wi' the bearnin' booshes on 'em.
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