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Re: Terms and Conditions Question
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Tue, 1 Jun 1999 22:13:22 GMT
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On Wed, 19 May 1999 13:17:11 GMT, Larry Pieniazek uttered the following
profundities...
- many masters manumitted quite frequently for good service... took 20 •                   ^^^^^^^^

The context defines, but I cannot find a definition in my
dictionary.

If anyone could be bothered, please?



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  Re: Terms and Conditions Question
 
Need to try harder... :-) (URL) you won't find a definition for manumitted but it's a legitimate back-formation. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Terms and Conditions Question
 
(...) OK, I thought we'd hashed this out, but apparantly I underestimated your capacity for obstinence. Walking is moving. Your statement above is the logical equivalent of saying the purpose of carrot is vegtable. (...) Actually, until it started (...) (26 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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