Posted: 6/4/2002 8:41:52 AM EDT
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Saturday, my Mom and I watched a LifeTime movie about an incident in North Carolina. Four boys were out "Clayping", and killed a seven month old baby. The practice involved throwing rocks at Amish buggies and such. The locals called the Amish "Clayps", and thus the name of the practice. My question is, does anyone know where the word "Clayps" originated for Amish people? Scott ;b |
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I don't know, even though I did a yahoo search on it. However, to balance out your misfortune at learning of this, compounded by your pathetic judgement when you allowed yourself to be hornswaggled into watching Lifetime TV, study this slang: from[url]http://pinkertons.com/companyinfo/history/pinkerton/history_yeggman.asp[/url] Bull: an officer bushes: whiskers cannon: revolver chip: a money drawer dangler: an express train ditched: arrested ducket: a railroad ticket or begging card dump: a jail or boarding house harnessed box: a pressure bar vault Gay Cat: one who cases towns and banks for future jobs jigg: a fake wound jimmying a bull: shooting an officer junk: silver money keister: a steel chest kick: a pocket mouthpiece: a lawyer oil: nitro glycerin rattler: a freight train rod: a revolver sapper: a police man with a energetic reputation with his club settled: sentenced soup: nitro glycerin white liner: alcohol drinker |