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Originally Posted by porrick
True, true
But, as we know, when people become interested and engaged the topic develops.
I see you have edited your initial post as " waste of time".
Hmm, maybe if on the surface of having the simple question answered - but you have certainly put your finger on something that engages - and in that aspect is certsinly not a waste of time.
I thank you for (unintendingly) bringing up the issue
I have to agree with Patrick. Thank you for bringing up this topic. I'm quite enjoying the discussion.
The swamper was hucking skookum rocks at a toboggan from the bathroom.
(The truck-driver's assistant was throwing large stones at a flat-bottomed sled from the restroom.)
But chesterfield, hucking and skookum are vanishing words. I haven't heard any of them in years except in conversations like this.
You still hear chesterfield in antique circles in the UK but I have never heard of hucking and skookum. Rocks are large stones so does skookum rocks mean enormous rocks?
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