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Thread #89264 Message #1687762
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
07-Mar-06 - 06:29 PM
Thread Name: BS: Whence 'Give up the Ghost'?!
Subject: RE: BS: Whence 'Give up the Ghost'?!
"Ghost", meaning spirit or wind, is cognate with "gust", as in "gust of wind".