[Ads-l] A scissor

[Andy Bach]

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DARE has “a scissor” from 1948 and shows examples from Wisconsin, Texas,
Illinois, Rhode Island, Iowa, Oregon, and New Jersey. It seems to be
old-fashioned, with references to grandparents who used the term.
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On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 10:58 AM David Daniel <dad at coarsecourses.com> wrote:

> Hi, also garbled. I don't mean to harp, but...
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> De: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] Em nome de
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> Enviada em: segunda-feira, 24 de julho de 2023 11:57
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> Assunto: A scissor
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> Poster:       Joan Hall <jdhall at WISC.EDU>
> Subject:      A scissor
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