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I love that word, especially in the Music Man, by Meredith Willson. In one song, the Irish mother is belittling Marion the Librarian's penchant for literature:
". . . like Balzac and Shakespeare and all them other high-falutin' Greeks!"
Thank you for the origin, Dr. Bill. I like to know those things.
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