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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: It's mostly Greek to me #134240 10/22/2004 12:44 PM Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 176 Texas Dgeigh member Dgeigh member Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 176 Texas After WW2 the troops were demobilised - most of them - given a 'demob suit' for use in seeking employment in 'civvy street' and set adrift. Thanks, dxb. That’s interesting! I’ve never heard the word “Pikey” either. What is its derivation? Any company gathering that includes a sandwich lunch is almost certain to feed you prawn and mayonnaise sandwiches. Well, I guess that sinks the “fish sandwich” possibility. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted It's mostly Greek to me AnnaStrophic 10/19/2004 10:40 PM Re: It's mostly Greek to me Jackie 10/20/2004 2:17 PM Re: It's mostly Greek to me of troy 10/20/2004 2:55 PM Re: It's mostly Greek to me jheem 10/20/2004 3:15 PM Re: It's mostly Greek to me of troy 10/20/2004 5:48 PM Re: It's mostly Greek to me Faldage 10/20/2004 6:57 PM Re: It's mostly Greek to me Buffalo Shrdlu 10/20/2004 7:20 PM Re: It's mostly Greek to me amnow 10/20/2004 9:23 PM Re: It's mostly Greek to me belMarduk 10/20/2004 10:56 PM Re: It's mostly Greek to me dxb 10/21/2004 9:16 AM Re: It's mostly Greek to me AnnaStrophic 10/21/2004 12:23 PM Re: It's mostly Greek to me Buffalo Shrdlu 10/21/2004 12:30 PM Re: It's mostly Greek to me dxb 10/21/2004 1:12 PM Re: It's mostly Greek to me Faldage 10/22/2004 12:21 AM Re: It's mostly Greek to me dxb 10/22/2004 8:00 AM Re: It's mostly Greek to me Dgeigh 10/22/2004 10:42 AM Re: It's mostly Greek to me dxb 10/22/2004 11:11 AM Re: It's mostly Greek to me Dgeigh 10/22/2004 12:44 PM Re: It's mostly Greek to me Capfka 10/23/2004 6:17 PM Re: It's mostly Greek to me tsuwm 10/23/2004 10:16 PM Re: It's mostly Greek to me Jackie 10/25/2004 1:46 AM Re: It's mostly Greek to me Dgeigh 10/25/2004 2:07 PM Re: prawns Wordwind 10/23/2004 7:03 PM Re: It's mostly Greek to me Bingley 10/29/2004 1:35 AM Heaven preserve us! consuelo 10/29/2004 5:57 PM Re: Heaven preserve us! belMarduk 10/29/2004 8:49 PM Re: Heaven preserve us! amnow 10/29/2004 9:04 PM Re: It's mostly Greek to me jheem 10/20/2004 3:13 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,269 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 24 A C Bowden 7 Wood Delivery 1 Trusted Roofing 1 John Fox 1 Tony Hood 1 Forix Richard 1 John Flex 1 handymanhome 1 JerryC 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,128 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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