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#187310 - 10/14/09 05:24 PM barratry
twosleepy Offline
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Registered: 02/28/08
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I think it's funny how closely this [etymologically unrelated] word resembles barrister... ;0)

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#187332 - 10/15/09 09:26 PM Re: barratry [Re: twosleepy]
Jackie Offline
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Loc: Louisville, Kentucky
That was the first thing I thought of. The resemblance, that is, not the etymology which I didn't know.

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