| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 699.1 | Pithy | SSGBPM::KENAH | Ten billion dreams every night... | Thu Jul 27 1989 01:16 | 6 |
| A wonderfully bloody couplet from Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London"
"You better stay away from him,
He'll rip your lungs out, Jim..."
andrew
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| 699.2 | Coldcock | BLAS03::FORBES | Bill Forbes - LDP Engrng | Fri Jul 28 1989 07:14 | 8 |
| Re: <<< Note 699.0 by GRNDAD::STONE "Roy" >>>
I thought a "coldcock" was a valid English word meaning a blunt
weapon consisting of an elongated leather bag filled with sand or
lead shot. Thus, to be "coldcocked" is to be knocked off the cabeza
with said implement.
Bill
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| 699.3 | | COOKIE::DEVINE | Bob Devine, CXN | Fri Jul 28 1989 19:16 | 3 |
| > Thus, to be "coldcocked" is to be knocked off the cabeza [...]
Okay, so what's a "cabeza"?
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| 699.4 | | MYCRFT::PARODI | John H. Parodi | Fri Jul 28 1989 20:02 | 13 |
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Re: .2,
No, I think the implement to which you refer is called a "sap" or a
"blackjack."
I always thought "coldcock" meant a punch without warning. E.g., two
rowdies decide to duke it out and one says, "Let's flip a coin to see
who gets the first punch. You call it." First rowdy flips the coin and
when the second rowdy's glance follows it, first rowdy knocks his block
off. So to speak.
JP
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| 699.5 | clarification | BLAS03::FORBES | Bill Forbes - LDP Engrng | Sat Jul 29 1989 20:23 | 16 |
| Re: <<< Note 699.3 by COOKIE::DEVINE "Bob Devine, CXN" >>>
"Cabeza" is the Spanish word meaning "head". My Texan roots are
showing.
Re: .4
Might there be more than one word for "sap" or "blackjack"? I
actually won't try to claim a high degree of authority on the
subject. My reply in .2 was based purely on something I was told 10
years or so ago by I-don't-remember-who.
You have to admit, though, the implement is question has some
resemblance to a cold cock.
Bill
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| 699.6 | light dawns on marble head... | MYCRFT::PARODI | John H. Parodi | Mon Jul 31 1989 15:58 | 9 |
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Re: .5
> You have to admit, though, the implement is question has some
> resemblance to a cold cock.
Now that you've pointed it out, indeed I do...
JP
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| 699.7 | Somebody grab the OED | WECARE::BAILEY | Corporate Sleuth | Thu Aug 17 1989 23:06 | 8 |
| I always assumed that "decked" has to do with rowdy sailors sprawling
on the decks of ships after a good fight.
re: last two, tsk tsk!
Sherry
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