Date:    Thu, 7 May 1998 11:54:49 EDT
<br>From:    RonButters <RonButters[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM>
<br>Subject: Re: cod fax
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<br>In a message dated 5/7/98 8:53:51 AM, downingg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]IS2.NYU.EDU wrote:
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<br><<"Cod" (noun and verb) is a long-standing UK term for a trick or various
<br>other kinds of insincerity; the word appears in Joyce's work from the early
<br>20th century.>>
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<br>I'm sure COD appears in Shakespeare in this sense (TWELFTH NIGHT maybe?)
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