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Bar with dancing=Honky Tonk, new item=new fangled, skillet=frying pan, kettles=cooking pans, ice box=refrigerator, out house=bathroom, johhny cake=corn bread, flap jacks or hot cakes=pancakes
"and so forth" instead of "et cetera". Actually, that's what it translates to ...... "and so forth".
"Et cetera" translated literally into English is "and the rest".
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Originally Posted by Seagrape Grove
"Coke bottle glasses" - decades ago before lens implants replaced the natural lens that was removed because of cataracts, people wore very thick glasses post surgery so they could see again. These lenses were very thick and resembled the bottom of a coke bottle.
Not only is the term "coke bottle glasses" unknown to countless millions, so is Coke in a glass bottle.
People still wear thick lenses, they wear them for other reasons than cataract removal, and they still call them Coke-bottle lenses; and Coke still comes in glass bottles.
My friend born in Florida says something similar, she says "she stuck her toe in it" Sounds disgusting but it means it is really good and the person outdid themself.
Lord help us - people used to give PARAGORIC to babies for colic. Paragoric is simply opium.
Yup! Tincture Opi Camphorata!
I actually used to like the taste of it when my mother would rub it on my gums while I was teething.
Luckily, I didn't begin mugging the other kids in order to get money for my next fix of Paregoric.
Lord help us - people used to give PARAGORIC to babies for colic. Paragoric is simply opium.
Opiods settle down the digestive tract. Constipation is one of the side effects of taking pain killers in the opiod family.
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