OK I confess I can see this is me -how many others are there on this misery
list
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From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to poetry and
poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Peter Cudmore
Sent: 30 October 2006 03:20
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Subject: Re: etymology question
Not to worry.
I like the sense of skin-- as in 'to skin' as in flay conflated with flint
as in 'stony hard' meaning someone who is ruthless about de-cashing the
unwary. As opposed to the more passive modern sense of someone who just
won't spend. Poetry does the rest...
P
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