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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Phrases baseball & other sports #8497 04/17/01 07:25 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City I inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah I Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City Words from boxing(?) Do 'to shellac,' as in "I gave him a shellacking," and 'to polish' as in "I polished him off," come from "to finish him off" by 'analogy'? If so, why the additions of "gave" and "off," when 'to shellac,' 'to polish,' and 'to finish' are all stand-alone verbs? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Phrases from baseball Jackie 10/19/00 11:40 AM Re: Phrases from baseball xara 10/19/00 01:24 PM Re: Phrases from baseball tsuwm 10/19/00 01:54 PM Re: Phrases from baseball Geoff 04/15/01 04:02 PM Re: Phrases from baseball WhitmanO'Neill 04/15/01 11:48 PM Re: Phrases from baseball belMarduk 10/19/00 02:10 PM Re: Phrases from baseball shanks 10/19/00 07:31 PM Re: Phrases from baseball Max Quordlepleen 10/19/00 07:43 PM Re: Phrases from baseball shanks 10/20/00 07:41 AM Re: Phrases from baseball RhubarbCommando 10/20/00 12:26 PM Re: Phrases from baseball jmh 10/22/00 06:15 PM Re: Phrases from baseball Jackie 10/22/00 06:21 PM Re: Phrases from baseball belMarduk 10/22/00 07:28 PM Re: Phrases from baseball Jackie 10/23/00 12:51 AM Re: Phrases from baseball belMarduk 10/19/00 08:13 PM Re: Phrases from baseball Jackie 10/20/00 01:37 AM Re: Phrases from baseball AnnaStrophic 10/20/00 01:54 AM Re: Phrases from baseball Jackie 10/20/00 02:03 AM Re: Phrases from baseball lusy 10/20/00 03:11 AM Ronstadt Sparteye 04/04/01 07:08 PM Re: Phrases from baseball WhitmanO'Neill 04/04/01 06:46 PM Re: Phrases from baseball AnnaStrophic 04/04/01 07:42 PM Re: Phrases from baseball FishonaBike 10/20/00 10:59 AM Re: Phrases from baseball maverick 10/20/00 11:05 AM Re: Phrases from baseball RhubarbCommando 10/20/00 12:36 PM Re: Phrases from baseball Bingley 10/23/00 07:35 AM Re: Phrases from baseball wow 04/04/01 09:27 PM Re: Phrases from baseball Alex Williams 04/05/01 12:00 AM Re: Phrases from baseball WhitmanO'Neill 04/05/01 04:04 AM Re: Phrases from baseball WhitmanO'Neill 04/14/01 03:02 AM Re: Phrases baseball & other sports wow 04/14/01 01:58 PM Re: Phrases baseball & other sports WhitmanO'Neill 04/14/01 02:40 PM Re: Phrases baseball & other sports wow 04/14/01 03:37 PM Re: Phrases baseball & other sports WhitmanO'Neill 04/14/01 09:26 PM Re: Phrases baseball & other sports wow 04/15/01 01:29 PM Re: Phrases baseball & other sports WhitmanO'Neill 04/16/01 04:35 AM Re: Phrases baseball & other sports Sparteye 04/17/01 06:57 PM Re: Phrases baseball & other sports inselpeter 04/17/01 07:25 PM Re: Phrases baseball & other sports Geoff 04/15/01 04:18 PM Re: Phrases from baseball Bobyoungbalt 04/04/01 08:14 PM Re: Phrases from baseball Capital Kiwi 04/05/01 07:46 AM Re: Phrases from baseball lusy 10/21/00 03:22 AM Re: Phrases from baseball tsuwm 10/21/00 12:40 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 Topics13,913 Posts229,430 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 663 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 36 A C Bowden 19 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,598 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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