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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: stolen property #67348 04/26/02 03:38 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta I forget the exact details, but I believe the expression dates from the 18th century and a period of rivalry between two London theatre impresarios, where one had built up expectation in the public breast regarding special sound effects to be featured in the opening night of a new opera, only to have his rival use them first after dastardly subornation of the sound effects artist. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted stolen property of troy 04/25/02 10:43 PM Re: stolen property Keiva 04/25/02 10:57 PM Re: stolen property Angel 04/25/02 11:44 PM Re: stolen property wwh 04/26/02 12:15 AM Re: stolen property maverick 04/26/02 12:33 AM Re: stolen property wwh 04/26/02 12:40 AM Re: stolen property maverick 04/26/02 12:52 AM Re: stolen property wwh 04/26/02 01:05 AM Re: stolen property talltales 04/26/02 01:28 AM Re: stolen property wwh 04/26/02 01:35 AM Re: stolen property Bean 04/26/02 04:21 PM Re: stolen property GallantTed 04/26/02 05:56 PM Re: stolen property Bingley 04/27/02 06:16 AM Re: stolen property maverick 04/27/02 11:02 PM Re: stolen property Bingley 04/26/02 03:38 AM Re: stolen property maverick 04/26/02 09:00 AM Re: stolen property maverick 04/26/02 09:08 AM Re: stolen property Faldage 04/26/02 10:09 AM 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,330 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 917 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 31 A C Bowden 15 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,541 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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