Subject: Re: rookeries
Date: Feb 23 11:39:27 1996
From: Eric Greenwood - egreenw at helix.net


Bruce Helmboldt wrote:
> "Shaggery"? "Murrery"? "Puffinery?"
>
> Idle musings before the weekend.

In England, your idle musings might land you in jail! "Shaggery", based on
the slang verb "Shag", could be an alternate word for a brothel.

At a stretch, "Puffinery" could also substitute for public house, a place
where many go to "puff on their fags" and drink beer.


Eric Greenwood
Vancouver, B.C.
egreenw at helix.net