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Thread #30872   Message #399103
Posted By: Sorcha
15-Feb-01 - 10:45 PM
Thread Name: Help: Robt Johnson req, for Brits only
Subject: RE: Help: Robt Johnson req, for Brits only
"plaster on a patch".......could equal "put on a Band-Aid". A Band Aid is a patch of sorts......and that is what I always took it to mean........even though I suppose the British "plaster" could pre date Johnson and Johnson.........don't know that. (But I am Yank, not UK, I just like British novels)