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   From: dewhurst@wave.co.nz   
      
   got a fake wife - of the kind   
   > known in certain circles as a 'beard'.   
      
   It seems that I am out of touch with the idiom.  What is a 'beard' in this   
   context?   
      
   R   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)