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Potato
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| Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 5:47 pm
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"We put the hopo between ourselves and the town."
The story takes place in Africa.
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Michael Hamm
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| Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 5:47 pm
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Today, Potato <ijl@msu.edu> abed:
| Quote: | "We put the hopo between ourselves and the town."
The story takes place in Africa.
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In a Spanish colony or territory, perhaps? Some online dictionary says it
means 'scram' and 'bushy tail' in Spanish, either of which might make
sense if the intent is that the narrator & co. left town.
Michael Hamm
AM, Math, Wash. U. St. Louis
msh210@math.wustl.edu Standard disclaimers:
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John Dean
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| Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 5:48 pm
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Potato wrote:
| Quote: | "We put the hopo between ourselves and the town."
The story takes place in Africa.
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From OED:
[From an Afr. language.]
A trap for game consisting of two converging hedges in the form of the
letter V, with a pit at the angle, into which the game is driven.
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John Dean
Oxford
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John Hatpin
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| Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 5:05 am
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John Dean wrote:
| Quote: | Potato wrote:
"We put the hopo between ourselves and the town."
The story takes place in Africa.
From OED:
[From an Afr. language.]
A trap for game consisting of two converging hedges in the form of the
letter V, with a pit at the angle, into which the game is driven.
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A cunning way of trapping scrabbles.
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