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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: "flotsam and jetsam" #5282 08/19/2000 4:16 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 163 Malaga, Spain. juanmaria member juanmaria member Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 163 Malaga, Spain. >from the dustcover of "When a loose cannon flogs a dead horse there's the devil to pay :seafaring words in everyday speech" What a piece of text!. Every single phrase could start a new thread. Thank you!. I loved “waveson” too. At first sight I thought it was some kind of Windows sound file!. Juan Maria. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Is it "beck and call" or "beckon call" ? jdholloway 08/16/2000 1:17 PM Re: Is it "beck and call" or "beckon call" ? TEd Remington 08/16/2000 4:13 PM Re: Is it "beck and call" or "beckon call" ? 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 Re: "flotsam and jetsam" TEd Remington 08/19/2000 10:52 AM Re: "flotsam and jetsam" juanmaria 08/19/2000 4:25 PM Re: "flotsam and jetsam" tsuwm 08/19/2000 12:09 PM Re: "flotsam and jetsam" juanmaria 08/19/2000 4:16 PM Re: "flotsam and jetsam" tsuwm 08/19/2000 12:30 PM Re: Is it "beck and call" or "beckon call" ? Jackie 08/18/2000 11:15 AM Thanks and Hello jdholloway 08/18/2000 1:02 PM 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 Topics13,916 Posts230,378 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 36 A C Bowden 17 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,204 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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