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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Making Pork Mincemeat ... #103020 05/24/2003 4:45 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear WW: I see no way to determine what "peremptory" meant to Henry James. I still think it a preposterous word to describe two small boys in the era when "children were to be seen, but not heard". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted peremptory wwh 05/09/2003 9:33 PM Re: peremptory Bingley 05/10/2003 3:00 AM Re: peremptory WhitmanO'Neill 05/10/2003 1:41 PM Re: peremptory of troy 05/10/2003 2:53 PM Re: peremptory wwh 05/10/2003 6:07 PM Re: peremptory Wordwind 05/11/2003 9:46 AM Re: peremptory wwh 05/11/2003 1:19 PM Re: peremptory Wordwind 05/11/2003 5:55 PM Re: peremptory wwh 05/11/2003 8:16 PM Re: peremptory Wordwind 05/11/2003 8:50 PM Re: peremptory wwh 05/11/2003 10:14 PM Re: peremptory Wordwind 05/12/2003 8:42 AM Re: peremptory tsuwm 05/12/2003 2:31 PM I hope this isn't chopping liver wofahulicodoc 05/17/2003 11:11 PM Re: Making Pork Mincemeat ... Capfka 05/24/2003 1:27 PM Re: Making Pork Mincemeat ... Wordwind 05/24/2003 1:55 PM Re: Making Pork Mincemeat ... wwh 05/24/2003 4:45 PM Re: Making Pork Mincemeat ... Capfka 05/24/2003 6:08 PM Re: Making Pork Mincemeat ... Wordwind 05/24/2003 10:46 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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