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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: errand--message #81832 09/27/02 08:42 AM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England F FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike veteran F Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England out doing the errands Definitely a link here - an "errand boy" is very close to a "messenger (boy)". I suppose delivering a message or document is equivalent to delivering (and returning) small objects, so there's a natural shift in a more material direction. Doing an errand = doing a job, performing a task, trading and so on. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted errand--another definition Wordwind 09/26/02 04:18 PM Re: errand--another definition modestgoddess 09/26/02 04:50 PM Re: errand--another definition Wordwind 09/26/02 05:06 PM Re: errand--another definition modestgoddess 09/26/02 05:22 PM Knights not so errant TEd Remington 09/27/02 01:09 PM Re: Knights not so errant Wordwind 09/27/02 01:14 PM Re: Knights not so errant modestgoddess 09/28/02 12:56 AM Re: give her our page tsuwm 09/28/02 01:13 AM Re: give her our page modestgoddess 09/30/02 06:35 PM Re: Shank's mare/ Shank's pony jmh 09/27/02 07:31 AM Re: errand--another definition tsuwm 09/26/02 05:49 PM Re: errand--another definition Wordwind 09/26/02 05:52 PM Re: errand--message jmh 09/27/02 07:28 AM Re: errand--message FishonaBike 09/27/02 08:42 AM Re: errand--message jmh 09/27/02 08:59 AM Re: errand--message Bobyoungbalt 10/02/02 01:41 AM Re: gofer jmh 10/02/02 06:27 AM Re: gofer FishonaBike 10/02/02 11:36 AM Re: errand--message of troy 09/28/02 03:15 PM Re: errand--message Capital Kiwi 09/28/02 04:42 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,012 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 987 guests, and 11 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 25 A C Bowden 13 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,968 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,957 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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