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- From: crawford@ben.dev.upenn.edu (Lauren L. Crawford)
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- Subject: Re: Take a shave
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- Date: 16 Nov 92 17:41:21 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov16.143327.23947@news.columbia.edu> gmw1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Gabe M Wiener) writes:
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- >I for one will "take a shower," and I will "shave," but I will never
- >"take a shave." I also won't "take a haircut" or "take a meeting,"
- >other expressions heard every so often...
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- But will you take a powder?
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- Anybody know where that phrase came from?
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