You shouldn't encourage us, John.
I might be tempted to go *really* off topic and raise the question of to
what degree the words blower/blowing/blowen (later bloan, blone) are
distinct terms or merely spelling variants. When I wasn't chasing
contemporary Southern Irish slang, I was putting together a post to that
effect on another list (ADS-l).
:-)
Best,
Robin
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Subject: Re: another list trouble -- knacker
as yet another lurker I would like to thank those who take the time and
trouble to provide such interesting information.
Thanks,
John
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>Date: 10/10/2014
8:55
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>Subj: Re: another list
trouble -- knacker
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>K-not quite Robin but also yes :) I saw that the
harness-maker had a
>linkage to the 'knacks' of the harness, the small
dangle bits.
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