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Thread #34510 Message #703977
Posted By: The Walrus
03-May-02 - 07:48 PM
Thread Name: Origins: We Are the D-Day Dodgers
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'WE ARE THE D- DAY DODGERS
Of "Swaddie": I suspect (but can't definitively state, that Swaddie relates to "Swad"- "A silly foolish fellow; a country bumpkin...." ("Dictionary of Archaic Words" by J.O.Halliwell)