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Thread #72779 Message #1256646
Posted By: Cluin
25-Aug-04 - 04:22 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Hanging Johnny (from Great Lakes sailors)
Subject: RE: Hanging Johnny from Great Lakes sailors
..."hanging Johnny" did not refer to a sheriff's hangman, but instead to nimble young sailors ...
Well, to part of them (anatomically speaking) anyway.