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PROVERB
RAKING YOU OVER THE COALS.
Submitter comment:
GOSSIPING ABOUT SOMEONE.
MRS. REAVES SAID THAT THIS WAS A COMMON EXPRESSION USED IN
FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 08-13-1968