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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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CHEST RUFF and FOR A FACT

0 Hello, 02br
00 I would like to know the exact meaning of these expressions I have read on Steinbeck's "Travels with Charley":02br
00'Under those sturdy towers of legs are spindly shanks, thin and not too straight; with his CHEST RUFF removed one can see the sagging stomach of the middle-aged.'02br
00 'And I know FOR A FACT that five minutes after I had left Charley he had found new friends ...'02br
00 Thanks, Jo. 0-
  

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0 01i 00chest ruff02i 00: probably the 01i 00chest hair02i 02br 02br 00 --------02br 00 To know/recognize a thing 01i 00as being real02i 00:02br 02br 00 --------02br 00 27. 02br 02br 05002br 00 --------0240

  • 0 01i 00chest ruff02i 00: probably the 01i 00chest hair02i 02br 02br 00 --------02br 00 To know/recognize a thing 01i 00as being real02i 00:02br 02br 00 --------02br 00 27.
  • 02br 02br 05002br 00 --------0240
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0 01i00chest ruff02i00: probably the 01i00chest hair02i02br
02br
00 --------02br
00 To know/recognize a thing 01i00as being real02i00:02br
02br
00 --------02br
00 27. in the character of; 01b00as being02b00:01i00 to know a thing
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0 01b00ruff02b02br
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00 Etymology: probably back-formation from 01sup00102sup01i00ruffle02br
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00 01b00102b00 01b00:02b01font00 a wheel-shaped collar made of several layers of lace or lace-edged muslin02font
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0 Also, to know "for a fact" means to be sure, to know beyond a doubt. 0-

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