End of ADS-L Digest - 1 Aug 1994 to 2 Aug 1994

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Topics of the day:



 1. Queries: GAY; SEE WITH ONES HEELS

 2. newcomer (2)

 3. addendum

 4. Forrest Gump



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Date:  Wed, 3 Aug 1994 07:55:11 -0500

From:  Alan Slotkin <ARS7950[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]TNTECH.EDU>

Subject: Re: Queries: GAY; SEE WITH ONES HEELS



The 8th ed. of Partridge's work cites GAY as "slightly intoxicated"

19th-20th c.; as "impudent, impertinent, presumptuous" US (--1899). Crane

does indeed use it in the New York Sketches as the Random House dictionary

notes.



Alan Slotkin

ars7950[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]tntech.edu