Is "barbourous" a term of usage?
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--- On Mon, 3/29/10, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: not me!
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Monday, March 29, 2010, 3:40 PM
They were more widely fashionable for a while in the late Eighties and
people used the generic term 'wax jackets' rather than 'Barbour'.
Even I wore one - bought in Skipton :)
On 29 March 2010 20:52, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> so, full of curiosity, I looked at this, and - well!
>
> A letter from one Tory candidate, while thanking the huntsmen and women for
> their support, pleaded with them not to invade his constituency like the
> cavalry, "cantering into town in pink chinos and Barbours".
>
> Now until told otherwise I am thinking Barbours are formfitting garments
> for
> smart riders. Correct?
>
> Max
>
> Quoting Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>:
>
> > To the British members:
> >
> > Please understand, I had nothing to do with it:
> >
> > Fox-hunting 'Barbour cavalry' prepares to ride to the rescue of Tories
> > in key marginal seats
> >
> > http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tally-ho-1929969.html
> >
> > Doug
> > Douglas Barbour
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> >
> > http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/
> >
> > Latest books:
> > Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy)
> > http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664
> > Wednesdays'
> > http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-
> press_10.html
> >
> > The secret
> >
> > which got lost neither hides
> > nor reveals itself, it shows forth
> >
> > tokens.
> >
> > Charles Olson
> >
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