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Just for that, Dr. Bill, get thee to a nummary!
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ASp, get thee to a mummery.
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tsuwm,
Get thee to a flummery.
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Dear ASp: Sixty years ago I would have accepted handyman job at "nummary" described in Decameron Ninth Day, Novell II.
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I'm getting me to a mammary.
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In reply to:
vintage (to take from vinum, grapes).
Today's word and the description of related words is very informative, but I don't see how "vintage" is related to "emptor." Can anyone help?
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vintage variant of vendage from Old French, from Latin vindemia, grape gathering: vinum, wine :de-, off + emere, to take.
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"American `retail anthropologist' Paco Underhill is one of the plumbers. "
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