Register Log In Wordsmith.org Forums General Topics Weekly Themes Fabric Words used metaphorically Search Advanced Forum Search Forums Calendar Active Threads

Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: the ungrammatical walk at nigh Rhubarb Commando #203384 11/20/11 09:02 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,918 Likes: 2 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,918 Likes: 2 Land of the Flat Water Originally Posted By: Rhubarb Commando I have just seen in the dictionary, Cotton up to, meaning "to make friendly advances toward." This is a completely unknown usage so far as I am concerned. Is anyone here familiar with it? I had an uncle who frequently used it. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Fabric Words used metaphorically Umber 11/04/11 06:58 AM Re: Fabric Words used metaphorically Candy 11/04/11 12:10 PM Re: Fabric Words used metaphorically bexter 11/04/11 03:33 PM Re: Fabric Words used metaphorically BranShea 11/06/11 09:15 AM Re: Fabric Words used metaphorically bexter 11/07/11 12:45 PM Re: Fabric Words used metaphorically Faldage 11/07/11 02:51 PM Re: Fabric Words used metaphorically Jackie 11/08/11 01:24 AM Re: the ungrammatical walk at nigh zmjezhd 11/08/11 01:26 AM Re: Fabric Words used metaphorically Tromboniator 11/05/11 07:28 AM Re: Fabric Words used metaphorically Candy 11/05/11 07:44 AM Re: Fabric Words used metaphorically Tromboniator 11/05/11 08:53 AM Re: Fabric Words used metaphorically BranShea 11/05/11 03:13 PM Re: the ungrammatical walk at nigh Jackie 11/08/11 01:32 AM Re: the ungrammatical walk at nigh Faldage 11/08/11 04:11 AM Re: the ungrammatical walk at nigh zmjezhd 11/08/11 01:51 PM Re: the ungrammatical walk at nigh Jackie 11/09/11 01:03 AM Re: the ungrammatical walk at nigh zmjezhd 11/09/11 02:17 AM Re: the ungrammatical walk at nigh Candy 11/08/11 12:11 PM Re: the ungrammatical walk at nigh zmjezhd 11/08/11 01:44 PM Re: the ungrammatical walk at nigh Faldage 11/09/11 12:31 PM Re: the ungrammatical walk at nigh Jackie 11/10/11 04:01 AM Re: the ungrammatical walk at nigh Faldage 11/10/11 01:03 PM Re: the ungrammatical walk at nigh bexter 11/10/11 09:25 PM Re: the ungrammatical walk at nigh bexter 11/10/11 09:27 PM Re: the ungrammatical walk at nigh goofy 11/19/11 02:40 AM Re: the ungrammatical walk at nigh BranShea 11/19/11 08:33 AM Re: up down sideways and away zmjezhd 11/10/11 10:26 PM Re: up down sideways and away bexter 11/11/11 09:50 AM Re: up down sideways and away Rhubarb Commando 11/18/11 05:30 PM Re: the ungrammatical walk at nigh bexter 11/19/11 12:47 PM Re: the ungrammatical walk at nigh goofy 11/19/11 02:43 PM Re: the ungrammatical walk at nigh Rhubarb Commando 11/20/11 08:57 AM Re: the ungrammatical walk at nigh Faldage 11/20/11 12:27 PM Re: the ungrammatical walk at nigh Rhubarb Commando 11/20/11 08:32 PM Re: the ungrammatical walk at nigh LukeJavan8 11/20/11 09:02 PM Re: the ungrammatical walk at nigh zmjezhd 11/21/11 01:31 PM Re: the ungrammatical walk at nigh tsuwm 11/20/11 08:42 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,350 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 (), 773 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 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

Default Style BlackNTan Drab eBay GooG v2 infopop new dark new light original dark original stock rounded corners Slate snow sunny dropshadow theblues Touch Of Grey UBB.threads UBB.threads - Dark UBB.threads - Light UBBCentral UBBCentral - Crimson UBBCentral - Lime UBBCentral - Marshmallow UBBCentral - Mocha UBBCentral - Zen UBBT77 UBBT77 - Dark ubbthreads ubbthreads-dark Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · Wordsmith.org