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OP wofahulicodoc's excerpt from the Mikado inspired me to look up the whole song. The lines
about the punishment of the billiard sharp had a word in it that some of us may not know:
A finger stall, also called finger cot, is a covering for just the finger, when injured, or doing
something that might injure the finger. I have often seen cashiers using them when counting
currency.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted puce wwh 12/19/02 03:38 PM Re: puce of troy 02/08/03 03:55 PM Re: puce dxb 02/10/03 04:54 PM Re: puce wwh 02/10/03 06:22 PM G&S again wofahulicodoc 02/10/03 07:14 PM Re: G&S again wwh 02/10/03 08:01 PM Re: G&S again wofahulicodoc 02/10/03 09:49 PM Re: G&S again wwh 02/10/03 10:09 PM Re: G&S again tsuwm 02/12/03 09:45 PM Re: G&S again maverick 06/21/03 11:16 PM Re: G&S again of troy 02/12/03 09:18 PM Re: G&S again wwh 02/12/03 09:22 PM Re: G&S again of troy 02/12/03 09:44 PM Speaking of better late than never... Fiberbabe 02/08/04 04:36 PM
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