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   JMB99 to Sam Plusnet   
   Re: Interesting children   
   29 Aug 25 19:53:21   
   
   XPost: alt.usage.english, alt.english.usage   
   From: mb@nospam.net   
      
   On 28/08/2025 20:05, Sam Plusnet wrote:   
   > as it was used in a newspaper article published in 1825, so I doubt if   
   > any of the recent work on the OED would apply.   
      
      
      
   The OED always gives examples of the usage of words with dates, often   
   going back hundreds of years.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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