Mudcat Café message #443545

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Thread #33279 Message #443545
Posted By: mousethief
18-Apr-01 - 01:17 PM
Thread Name: BS: Transatlantic Idioms 2
Subject: RE: BS: Transatlantic Idioms 2

In these united states "dear" lives on chiefly in the adage "buy cheap sell dear." The other 99.9999% of the time it means "beloved."
Alex