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Thread #29139 Message #1190280
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
20-May-04 - 08:19 PM
Thread Name: Where did 'ROUNDER' come from?
Subject: RE: Help: Where did 'ROUNDER' come from?
Machias? More digression; reminiscent of: Old Casey Jones was a son of a bitch Ran his engine in a hell of a ditch Motor exploded, whistle split The fireman fainted and Casey shit.
Also: Old Casey said before he died, There's four more things I'd like to ride: Bicycle, tricycle, pushmobile, And a bow-legged whore on a Ferris wheel.
Burke pretty well covered the meanings of rounder. One other has been added in the OED; a worker who shapes or rounds something in a factory.
Probably posted before, these childhood rhymes are from Randolph and Legman, "Roll Me in Your Arms."