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according to Quinion [see link], it's from an 18th century translation of a Spanish playwright; he also includes this verse to demonstrate the meaning:
Teach not thy parent's mother to extract
The embryo juices of the bird by suction.
The good old lady can that feat enact,
Quite irrespective of your kind instruction.
http://www.quinion.com/words/qa/qa-tea1.htm
http://members.aol.com/tsuwm
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Etymology Sushmita 05/22/00 09:53 AM Re: Etymology AnnaStrophic 05/22/00 04:54 PM Re: Etymology tsuwm 05/22/00 05:23 PM Re: Etymology Jackie 05/22/00 06:30 PM Re: Etymology David108 05/22/00 07:13 PM Re: Etymology AnnaStrophic 05/22/00 07:25 PM to my truckling claque... tsuwm 05/23/00 01:22 PM
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