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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Confusing expressions #141365 03/28/05 03:40 PM Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 4 upstate NY, USA G gffeissner stranger gffeissner stranger G Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 4 upstate NY, USA A variation on "pull up your socks" is "pull up your cotton." I heard it from my father who heard it from his. Since he was a blacksmith in the anthracite coal mines in Pennsylvania, I'll take a wild guess that it referred to pulling up the cotton wick in the coal-oil lamp worn on the miner's hat in order to get a little more light. George F. Feissner Math. Dept. SUNY College at Cortland Cortland, NY 13045 George F. Feissner Math. Dept. SUNY College at Cortland Cortland, NY 13045 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Confusing expressions belMarduk 03/25/05 02:18 AM Re: Confusing expressions Faldage 03/25/05 01:09 PM Re: Confusing expressions Father Steve 03/25/05 01:41 PM Re: Confusing expressions Faldage 03/25/05 03:26 PM Re: put paid to inselpeter 03/26/05 03:46 PM Re: Confusing expressions AnnaStrophic 03/25/05 09:51 PM Re: Confusing expressions belMarduk 03/26/05 02:20 AM Re: Confusing expressions Faldage 03/26/05 12:34 PM Re: Confusing expressions Elizabeth Creith 03/26/05 01:07 PM Re: Confusing expressions themilum 03/26/05 01:30 PM Re: Confusing expressions Elizabeth Creith 03/26/05 02:03 PM Re: Confusing expressions themilum 03/26/05 02:48 PM Re: Confusing expressions Jackie 03/28/05 01:52 PM Re: Confusing expressions Elizabeth Creith 03/28/05 02:38 PM Confusing expressions musick 03/26/05 03:21 PM Re: Confusing expressions bushmillsneat 06/08/05 08:44 PM Re: Confusing expressions carpathian 06/10/05 10:12 PM Re: Confusing expressions Father Steve 06/11/05 07:43 PM Re: Confusing expressions Faldage 06/11/05 09:15 PM Re: Confusing expressions Buffalo Shrdlu 06/11/05 10:14 PM Re: Confusing expressions Father Steve 06/11/05 10:27 PM Re: Confusing expressions wow 06/12/05 07:20 PM Re: Confusing expressions Elizabeth Creith 03/26/05 01:05 PM Re: Confusing expressions gffeissner 03/28/05 03:40 PM Re: Confusing expressions belMarduk 03/28/05 03:45 PM coal miner's lantern TEd Remington 03/28/05 06:37 PM Re: coal miner's lantern belMarduk 03/28/05 06:43 PM Re: coal miner's lantern TEd Remington 03/28/05 07:30 PM Re: coal miner's lantern Zed 03/29/05 08:04 PM Re: spelling belMarduk 03/31/05 01:54 AM Re: faire du lèche fenêtre Bridget 04/12/05 09:06 PM Re: faire du lèche fenêtre dxb 04/13/05 07:05 AM Re: A man given to lechery AnnaStrophic 04/13/05 08:00 AM And how did one stumble across this, Dixbie? TEd Remington 04/13/05 10:52 AM Re: lecher fingers do the walking Jackie 04/13/05 03:07 PM Re: A man given to lechery dxb 04/13/05 03:27 PM Re: faire du lèche fenêtre belMarduk 04/15/05 10:07 PM Re: pare-brise Jackie 04/16/05 12:27 AM Re: pare-brise of troy 04/16/05 02:58 PM Re: pare-brise Jackie 04/18/05 01:09 AM Re: pare-brise Faldage 04/18/05 09:55 AM Re: pare-brise Jackie 04/18/05 11:32 AM defenestrate Elizabeth Creith 04/18/05 11:54 AM Re: defenestrate Capfka 04/18/05 09:18 PM Re: defenestrations of Prague TEd Remington 04/18/05 09:42 PM Re: defenestrate Jackie 04/19/05 12:31 AM Re: defenestrate Capfka 04/19/05 05:53 AM a word for throwing somebody out a door? TEd Remington 04/19/05 06:53 AM Re: a word for throwing somebody out a door? numberonealcove 04/19/05 07:06 AM Re: a word for throwing somebody out a door? Elizabeth Creith 04/19/05 11:30 AM Re: a word for throwing somebody out a door? dxb 04/19/05 12:14 PM Throw a tub to the whale TEd Remington 04/19/05 02:21 PM Late to the party AnnaStrophic 04/19/05 12:16 PM Re: Confusing expressions gffeissner 03/28/05 06:58 PM Re: Confusing expressions beanie 04/20/05 04:09 PM Re: Confusing expressions Jackie 04/21/05 01:17 AM 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 Posts229,351 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 (), 775 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 22 LukeJavan8 2 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,549 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,918 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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