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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: fun facts about luke... #19006 02/16/01 12:24 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass ...from the OED 1. [adj] obs. exc. dial. lukewarm all the citations are from the 13th through 15th c's; with one exception (which leads to the dialectal tag I guess) 1837 Dickens Pickw. xxxiii, Let me have nine penn'orth o' brandy and water luke. "Notwithstanding the resemblance in form and meaning, it seems impossible to connect the word etymologically with mod.Du. leuk (lukewarm)" 2. [n] 19th c. slang nothing Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Luke & Co. belligerentyouth 02/15/01 02:09 PM Re: Luke & Co. Sparteye 02/15/01 06:15 PM Re: Luke & Co. Jackie 02/15/01 06:16 PM Re: Luke & Co. tsuwm 02/15/01 07:42 PM Re: Luke & Co. wwh 02/16/01 12:07 AM Re: fun facts about luke... tsuwm 02/16/01 12:24 AM Re: fun facts about luke... belligerentyouth 02/16/01 10:22 AM Re: fun facts about luke... maverick 02/16/01 11:18 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,412 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 907 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 37 A C Bowden 28 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,583 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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