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>"kith and kin", "rack and ruin", "kit and caboodle”
An interesting post!.
It has reminded me of another pair of words “flotsam and jetsam”.
I heard them for first time on a film and, I think, they were used as a synonym of padding but after that I have read them one more time referring to the unfortunate. This last use seems more logical to me as I learned that those words were used in its origin to distinguish the cargo or parts of a wrecked ship.
Are acceptable those two uses?.
I would appreciate an example of the common use of those words.
Juan Maria.
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Is it "beck and call" or "beckon call" ?
jdholloway 08/16/2000 1:17 PM ![]()
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TEd Remington 08/16/2000 4:13 PM ![]()
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johnjohn 08/17/2000 10:26 AM ![]()
"kith and kin", "rack and ruin", "kit and caboodle
TEd Remington 08/17/2000 1:02 PM ![]()
"flotsam and jetsam"
juanmaria 08/19/2000 10:03 AM ![]()
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TEd Remington 08/19/2000 10:52 AM ![]()
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juanmaria 08/19/2000 4:25 PM ![]()
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juanmaria 08/19/2000 4:16 PM ![]()
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Jackie 08/18/2000 11:15 AM ![]()
Thanks and Hello
jdholloway 08/18/2000 1:02 PM
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