Idiom?
"His vocabulary was punctuated with profanty that would make a mule skinner blush, and throughout his military sevice he nver joined a church or attended Sunday service."
What does the "mule skinner blush" mean?
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) It's an idiom. Mule skinners are men who work with mules. q=mule+skinner+photo&client=firefox-b-d&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=m-q20GhP1z2TSM%253A%252ChvmvKHOcbzA0fM%252C &vet=1&usg=AI4_-kQdfZD0JoxzHxkUaq2ZaZ_fpivHSw&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjsoLipz4_mAhVJeKwKHS4LDMYQ9QEwAHoECAgQBg#imgrc=m-q20GhP1z2TSM: and are famous for using extremely profane language to their stubborn animals.
- ) It's an idiom.
- Mule skinners are men who work with mules.
- q=mule+skinner+photo&client=firefox-b-d&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=m-q20GhP1z2TSM%253A%252ChvmvKHOcbzA0fM%252C &vet=1&usg=AI4_-kQdfZD0JoxzHxkUaq2ZaZ_fpivHSw&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjsoLipz4_mAhVJeKwKHS4LDMYQ9QEwAHoECAgQBg#imgrc=m-q20GhP1z2TSM: and are famous for using extremely profane language to their stubborn animals.
- Mule skinners are used to profane language and are not embarrassed by it.
- People commonly blush when they are embarrassed.
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His vocabulary was punctuated with profanity that would make a mule skinner blush, (ie cause a mule skinnr to blush.)
It's an idiom.
Mule skinners are men who work with mules.
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