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Originally Posted By: Richard WiseI recall from when I was a boy, the stale smell that always seemed to permeate my grandmother's attic. Thus I was wondering if the entomology of this word is the German word for woman - namely, Frau - as that term can be used to connote an older, frumpy woman.
But still the same in look and gait,
Easy, cheerful, and sedate.
(John milton)
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