strawberry friend
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prettygoodwordI know it's today's Forgotten English entry, but I cannot resist:
strawberry friend - "A moocher. Many city people visit their backwoods cousins only when strawberries are ripe enough to get enough free berries for year's supply of jam. Ozarks. —Vance Randolph's and George Wilson's Down the in the Holler, 1953"
There was once a tradition among strawberry growers of setting aside the proceeds of the first day's pickings for the sick and poor.
---L.
strawberry friend - "A moocher. Many city people visit their backwoods cousins only when strawberries are ripe enough to get enough free berries for year's supply of jam. Ozarks. —Vance Randolph's and George Wilson's Down the in the Holler, 1953"
There was once a tradition among strawberry growers of setting aside the proceeds of the first day's pickings for the sick and poor.
---L.
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Date: 2009-04-17 03:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-04-17 04:42 pm (UTC)Compare "huckleberry friend".
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Date: 2009-04-17 06:05 pm (UTC)---L.