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   From: lindat5@mindspring.com   
      
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   > Later on in the series though, I think the term may have been   
   > abandoned. For instance, Al S. asks a prostitute if the trick wanted   
   > it "regular or French", where the latter would mean oral. That still   
   > bothered me since the term "French" as slang might be better known in   
   > eastern urban centers and not in the boonies. I suspect -  but don't   
   > know for sure - that many Deadwood residents of the day may be near   
   > illiterate and have no knowledge of "France" or of any meaning of   
   > "French".   
      
      
   But Al and his hookers were from "back east" and they knew the   
   expression and   
   used it among themselves.   
      
   LT   
      
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