Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 09:44:59 -0500

From: "Kathleen M. O'Neill" koneil1[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UIC.EDU

Subject: Streak



Sorry to cross-post, but this was on

the Linguist list, and I thought someone

from this bunch might have an answer.



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Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 23:46:02 -0500

From: The Linguist List linguist[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]tam2000.tamu.edu

Subject: 7.690, Qs: E-mail,"Streak", Applied, Dative/Essive, Discourse



Date: Sat, 11 May 1996 12:10:02 MDT

From: hcannon[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]macalstr.edu (Heather Cannon)

Subject: etymology of "streak"



Members,



I am trying to find the etymology of the phrase "to streak", meaning

to run naked. A prof here at Macalester College claims that the

phrase originated here, but I can't find any proof to back that up -

or to disprove it. The dictionaries I have checked don't even list

this as a meaning of "streak" so I guess it's slang, though certainly

in common usage -- especially here at Mac where it's a popular

pasttime. :)



Any help or leads would be very much appreciated.



Thank you.



Heather Cannon

hcannon[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]macalstr.edu



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