[Rhodes22-list] Stan, you have Rummy in stitches...

[Michael D. Weisner]

Ed,

The definition of schlepped per http://www.thefreedictionary.com/schlepped:
      schlep or schlepp also shlep  (shlp) Slang
      v. schlepped also shlepped, schlep·ping or schlepp·ing also
shlep·ping, schleps or schlepps also shleps
      v.tr.
      To carry clumsily or with difficulty; lug: schlepped a shopping bag
around town.
      v.intr.
      To move slowly or laboriously: schlepped around with the twins in a
stroller.
      n.
      1. An arduous journey.
      2. A clumsy or stupid person.

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      [Yiddish shlepn, to drag, pull, from Middle Low German slpen; see lei-
in Indo-European roots.]

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      schlepper, schlepper, shlepper n.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003. Published by
Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.


Mike
s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)


From: "Tootle" <ekroposki at charter.net> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007
1:38 PM
>
> Stan:
>
> Your reply to me put Captain Rummy rolling on the floor in stitches,
> laughing and howling.
>
> I stand corrected.
>
> Now if you can just get Michael M or W to translate 'schlepped' so
everyone
> knows what you really said.
>
> Ed K
> Greenville, SC, USA
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