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  1. Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!auvm!SICS.SE!TORKEL
  3. Message-ID: <9212252347.AA04707@lludd.sics.se>
  4. Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
  5. Date:         Sat, 26 Dec 1992 00:47:44 +0100
  6. Sender:       English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
  7. From:         torkel@SICS.SE
  8. Subject:      Re: Scapular chain
  9. Comments: To: English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
  10. In-Reply-To:  Your message of Fri,
  11.               25 Dec 92 17:19:36 -0600. <9212252325.AA22454@sics.se>
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  14.  >Torkel, would it perhaps be the chain that is placed over the shoulders
  15.  >and then down the chest and is attached to handcuffs or steel wrist cuffs?
  16.  
  17.   No, that's ruled out by the context. It would appear, from what Karen
  18. says, that it's most likely a religious medallion or something hanging
  19. around his neck, with "scapular" having more of a historical sense.
  20.