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I;n WWI, the doughboys wore puttees, which in their case was a piece of olive drab woolen cloth about four inches wide and about a yard long that was wrapped about the leg atarting just above the ankle, ending just below the knee. It was a miserble nuisance trying to get the spiral just right, and have it end snug enough it wouldn't come loose. Then in the twenties there were a lot of motorcycle policement that had moulded thick leather puttees that covered the lower leg. I suspect that in the beginning they were intended to keep pant cuffs from getting caught in the chain.
puttee n. 5Hindi paPPj, bandage < Sans paPPika < paPPa, strip of cloth6 a covering for the lower leg, in the form of a cloth or leather gaiter or a cloth strip wound spirally
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In colonial days, "goody" was a rather patronizing title for middle aged or elderly females who were at least moderately respectable. In the thirties, the women who tied up dorm rooms were called "goodies".
oody 1 n., pl. good4ies [Colloq.] 1 something considered very good to eat, as a piece of candy >2 GOODY-GOODY adj. [Colloq.] GOODY-GOODY interj. a child‘s exclamation of approval or delight
goody 2 n., pl. good4ies 5 GOODWIFE6 [Archaic] a woman, esp. an old woman or housewife, of lowly social status: used as a title with the surname
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goombah n. an older man who is a friend, protector, advisor, etc.
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goombay n. a dance of the Bahamas done to syncopated rhythms of a band using drums, maracas, sticks, and improvised instruments
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goondie - .. gundy, goondie : An Aboriginal hut.
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A gem stone:naturally colorless beryl crystal (variety: goshenite, also referred to as colorless aquamarine) is terminated on most surfaces by naturally etched terminations.
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The statute then prohibited alliance by marriage, gossipred [Standing godfather or godmother for children.], fostering of children between English and Irish, under penalty of treason;
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gossipry
NOUN: Idle, often sensational and groundless talk about others: gossip, hearsay, report, rumor, talebearing, tattle, tittle-tattle, word. Slang : scuttlebutt. See WORDS.
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Gothamite. Resident of New York City. In his Phrase and Word Origins, Alfred H. Holt claims that this term was first applied to New Yorkers in 1805 by Washington Irving. (Mathews's Dictionary of Americanisms has an Irving citation form 1807.) Holt explains Gotham for New York thus: "The inhabitants of Gotham, in England, had long been celebrated as fools (though one story has it that they got their reputation by playing the fool intentionally to avoid the expense of having to entertain the king). Irving's satirical application of the name to New York was an allusion to the Manhattanite's traditioanl air of 'knowing it all.'" Gotham City is the home of comic book hero Batman, and across the river is New Guernsey.
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grabbots - loose, unprocessed cotton: 24. Subheading 9906.52.01 covers only cotton, not carded or combed, harsh or rough, of perished staple, grabbots and cotton pickings, having a staple length of 29.36875 mm (1-5/32 inches) or more but under 34.925 mm (1-3/8 inches) and white in color (provided for in subheading 5201.00.38).
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From a German word for something that is formed by digging. A geology term.
graben n. 5Ger, a ditch < OHG grabo < graban, to dig: see GRAVE26 a relatively long, narrow area of the earth‘s crust that has subsided between two bordering faults: cf. HORST
A "horst" is an elevation between two faults.
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I had no idea that this was a real word! I've used it for years(thought I made it up), but in a more silly/negative form: "you are such a goombah!"...
go figger…
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I always though "goombah" was a Cajun "goodbye".
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