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- What is the 1896 source for the origin of dyke?
From the Etymonline entry for dyke: According to "Dictionary of American Slang," a source from 1896 lists dyke as slang for "the vulva," and Farmer Henley (1893) has "hedge on the dyke" for "the female pubic hair " I then looked up dike and found:
- meaning - Differences between dyke, levee and berm? - English Language . . .
A dyke and a levee are both walls to keep out water It appears that levee is associated only with rivers while dyke can also apply to the sea A berm isn't necessarily associated with damming water It's just a raised area (mound or ledge) of dirt –
- How did the word beaver come to be associated with vagina?
Jonathon Green's sources (as cited in Brian Hooper's answer) notwithstanding, the limerick that appears in Immortalia: An Anthology of American Ballads, Sailors' Songs, Cowboy Songs, College Songs, Parodies, Limericks, and Other Humorous Verses and Doggerel (1927) runs as follows:
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Welcome to EL U Please note that this is a Q A site, not a discussion forum, but your post does not answer the original question, which asks whether sufferin' succotash was still in common use before the Looney Tunes cartoons were made, years before the Dick Van Dyke Show aired –
- pronunciation - Pronunication of Dijkstra - English Language Usage . . .
I am a computer professional I have heard the pronuciation of the word Dijkstra from various sources as di-kstra diji-kstra dik-stra Which is the correct way of pronouncing it?
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Looking for a phrase metaphor describing a situation where a proposed solution, though valid, is targeted for one of many problems in an entity plagued by so many problems as to render the individual
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There was the following passage in the New Yorker's (August 27) article titled, “A scandal at the C I A May be ” : In January I (David Shafer, novelist) filed a Freedom of Information Act request
- etymology - What is the origin of scrilla? - English Language Usage . . .
1935 Photoplay Sept 50 1 I drove out to director W S Van Dyke's swimming party for kids There were scrillions of wee ones there There were scrillions of wee ones there 1953 Hamilton (Ohio) Daily News Jrnl 25 June 22 8 I wish I had kept account of how many plants I cut
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