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tealinThere it was, a faint flicker as Vimes glanced momentarily at some paperwork in front of him. Lotto! thought William.*
*At this point Bingo had not been introduced to Ankh-Morpork.– The Truth, pg 132 (UK)
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plimsoll - (n.) A rubber-soled cloth shoe; a sneaker.
I looked up this word last week to see if it actually existed and ever since then – especially today – I've been hearing it all over.
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Date: 2005-09-17 08:30 pm (UTC)I looked up this word last week to see if it actually existed and ever since then – especially today – I've been hearing it all over.
I have had that happen numerous times with odd-sounding words I haven't encountered before. Oddly enough, the most recent word that has had that phenomonon happen to it was 'cuckold.' I read it in a book and looked it up, then read it in the newspaper and heard someone use it in conversation the next day.