Difference between revisions of "Staple"
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* '''staple:''' a u-shaped type of nail | * '''staple:''' a u-shaped type of nail | ||
| − | * '''stable''' | + | * '''stable''' → the occurrence of ''born'' and ''stable'' in the same line inevitably allude to both Christ (who was supposedly born in a stable) and the Duke of Wellington (who famously remarked that being born in a stable did not necessarily make one a horse anymore than being born in Ireland made one an Irishman) |
Revision as of 11:50, 20 November 2006
- steeple
- staple: wool; lock of wool
- staple: a u-shaped type of nail
- stable → the occurrence of born and stable in the same line inevitably allude to both Christ (who was supposedly born in a stable) and the Duke of Wellington (who famously remarked that being born in a stable did not necessarily make one a horse anymore than being born in Ireland made one an Irishman)
