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#142840 - 05/07/05 08:23 PM Putz
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Registered: 03/14/01
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Loc: New York City To clean. Where is the connection -- unless it is "Putzfrau," which is a bit derrogatory??
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#142841 - 05/07/05 08:57 PM Re: Putz
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Posts: 13654 AHD says it's from Yiddish pots, penis. Maybe from Polish?
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#142842 - 05/10/05 06:29 PM Re: Putz
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Loc: British Columbia, Canada And I thought "Happy Days" was such a nice, clean-cut show!
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#142843 - 05/13/05 08:02 AM Re: Putz
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Registered: 03/06/02
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Loc: UK Honi soit qui mal y pense.
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#142844 - 05/13/05 12:56 PM Re: Putz
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Registered: 03/15/00
Posts: 6511
Loc: lower upstate New York What's a nice guy like you doing with a garter, dixbie?
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#142845 - 05/13/05 02:23 PM Re: Putz
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Carpal Tunnel
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Posts: 4757 > with a garter
He's a once aknight man.
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