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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
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Does "with a tan blowing on him" mean "with his skin tanned seriously by sun"?
Context:
H. L. Mencken wrote sulphurous dispatches sitting in his Pants with a tan blowing on him, and there was talk of running him out of town for referring to the local citizenry as yokels . Twenty-two telegraphists were sending out 165 000 words a day on the trial.
H. L. Mencken wrote sulphurous dispatches sitting in his Pants with a tan blowing on him, and there was talk of running him out of town for referring to the local citizenry as yokels . Twenty-two telegraphists were sending out 165 000 words a day on the trial.
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Are you sure it isn't a typo for fan ?
- Are you sure it isn't a typo for fan ?
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I picture an electric fan. If it said he was being wafted by a fan, I would assume it was some sort of manually operated flapping kind of fan.
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