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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Cagey doc_comfort #186762 09/10/2009 1:57 AM Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 110 hogmaster member hogmaster member Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 110 I think the proffered explanation for cager is just a bad guess. see this def'n for cage, quoted from W3: 9 a : a movable screen placed behind home plate to stop baseballs during batting practice b : a goal structure consisting of goalposts or a goal frame with a net attached (as in ice hockey) c : a basketball basket thus, by extension, cager : a basketball player the hogmaster™ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Cagey Twentiethman 09/09/2009 4:14 PM Re: Cagey doc_comfort 09/10/2009 1:00 AM Re: Cagey hogmaster 09/10/2009 1:57 AM Re: Cagey Faldage 09/10/2009 10:29 AM Re: Cagey Buffalo Shrdlu 09/10/2009 1:08 PM Re: Cagey Jackie 09/11/2009 1:35 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

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