Hi Max -I saw cottle once somewhere in old book /drawing/or other!! as
referring to a small cottage -but can't see it anywhere now -perhaps
some-one with a better dictionary can find it
Cheers Patrick -76+
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Congratulations, Patrick.
I see from the subject heading you have turned 679.
And thanks for teaching me the word
cottles.
Definition of COTTLE
1
: a band or wall typically of clay that encircles an object to be molded
and determines the outer extremity of the completed mold
2
: a cylinder usually of waterproof paper used for retaining
plaster-of-paris slurry around a mold or form
On Mar 13, 2015, at 4:47, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> CAN IT BE?
>
> can it be possible?
> can it be true?
> that in my street
> my cul de sac
> ninety odd houses
> Edwardian cottles
> that I am now
> the oldest man!
> oldest old fogey
> but certainly the
> oldest old poet
> well that's
> worth a poem
> and it is
> my birthday
> yet again
> tomorrow!
>
>
> pmcmanus
> r742
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