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Thread #3602   Message #3650723
Posted By: Reinhard
13-Aug-14 - 01:04 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Barring of the Door
Subject: RE: Origins: Barring of the Door
It's the title of the book from which Jim cited the definition of blackmail. (But when I look for it on the 'net, I only find it as "The Insect That Stole Butter: Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins")