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Thread #52717   Message #808813
Posted By: GUEST
22-Oct-02 - 04:45 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Johnny Come Down to Hilo
Subject: RE: Origin: Johnny Come Down to Hilo
Challow =?? Sallow (= salloh, salow, salo, etc.). Used as a description of light yellow or dirty-grayish. "A man may be high colored or sallowe colored and yet not blacke;" usage goes back to the 16th century.
Source of challow?