[Ads-l] break a leg

[Jonathan Lighter]

'To become pregnant or bear a child out of wedlock."  Rarely attested in
U.S.

1862 in C. A. Glenn, ed. _Robert Walker _Letters of Robert Walker, A
Soldier in the American Civil War_ (Veroqua, Wis.: Vernon Co. Censor,
1917)11:  And I heard about that poor unfortunate girl, Mary Campfield,
getting her leg broken. I should like to know who she blames for the
mischief.

Walker (1841-1864) was from Saltlick, O.

JL

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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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