Date:  Sat, 24 Jan 1998 12:03:59 +0000
From:  Evan Morris <words1[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]POP.INTERPORT.NET>
Subject: Re: doppkit

> Anyone ever hear of the word "doppkit" used for the shaving kits
> servicement used in WWII? Tom Murray has heard it from a 60ish
> colleague, but its not in DARE or anywhere else.

I remember hearing my two older brothers use this term in reference to
their faux-leather, zippered shaving kit bags in the mid-1960's. I
had always presumed that it was a trademarked term.
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Evan Morris
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