Why would anyone bother to go to the trouble of saying "slut's wool" when
"dust" is so much more convenient?
What is the most long-winded slang term for a single-syllable subject?
P
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> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Robin Hamilton
> Sent: 30 August 2007 21:25
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> Subject: Re: Dust Bunnits
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> Further:
>
> "Beggar's velvet, house moss and slut's wool were all slang terms once
> used to describe dust, pertaining to its enduring legacy as the
> discarded, the insignificant and the lowly cohabitant of the common."
>
> http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/lisabosse/lizzie.htm
>
> ... but it isn't referenced.
>
> R.
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