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Re: USAGE: Cool idioms (was Re: Bibliography)

From:Hawksinger <hawksinger@...>
Date:Sunday, March 28, 1999, 5:05
And one of my favorites which I only heard for the first time a few
years ago but which is apparently much older;

"I'll beat you like a red-headed step-child!"

The origin of which, I would gratefully like to learn!
--
Brad Coon
hawksinger@fwi.com
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