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PROVERBIAL PHRASE
WITH LARD IN MY HAIR, AND MY EARS PINNED BACK . . .
Submitter comment: MEANING: DRESSED UP SMARTLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ; TRAVERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
WITH LARD IN MY HAIR, AND MY EARS PINNED BACK . . .
Submitter comment:
MEANING: IN A VICTIMIZED POSITION, FROM EMBARRASSMENT OR
PUNISHMENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ; TRAVERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
THE "CHARLIE NOBLE" (COOK'S SMOKESTACK: CHIMNEY FROM COOKSTOVE
PROTRUDING THROUGH BULWARK.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"SOUND THE SIDE TANKS" (DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF WATER IN BALLAST
TANKS)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"GLASS" (BAROMETER)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970