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Thread #11643 Message #3323835
Posted By: GUEST,Lighter
16-Mar-12 - 04:52 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: On the Road to Mandalay (Kipling, Speaks)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: On the Road to Mandalay (Kipling, Speaks)

But it's still only a guess.

To "Panama" isn't in the OED. If it was as amazingly rare as it seems, I'm surprised that Kipling picked it up.