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American History

Redleg

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4. He had a good "word-hoard" for a self-educated person

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #3)

Thu Oct 24, 2024, 02:06 PM

Oct 2024

I borrowed word-hoard from Beowulf, which I first read at age 3. Just kidding. Age 15. But I still haven't finished Moby Dick after taking a break from reading it back in A.P. English Lit class in 1982. I suppose I will have to start again from the beginning when I finally do get around to reading it.

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