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Thread #103448   Message #2107624
Posted By: GUEST,edthefolkie
20-Jul-07 - 10:51 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Lass with the Delicate Air (Arne)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lass with the delicate air
Brilliant! Thanks for that Dick, Mudcat is wonderful.

I reckon "delicate air" is late C18 slang for "a bit prone to being persuaded to do things her mother told her not to do by plausible and well dressed young men". Josh White seems to have read it right.