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Following the lead of Edgar Allan Poe, you might try "diddling."
dennis eddings
On Sep 26, 2013, at 8:09 PM, Arianne wrote:
> Thanks! I still feel entertained by the possibility.
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> Arianne
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> On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 2:10 PM, Robert E Stewart <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> I checked California newspapers up to 1870 (cdnc.ucr.edu) and find lots of
>> hits on "confidence man" but none for any abbreviation thereof: con man,
>> con job, &c. Bob Stewart, Carson City
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>> In a message dated 9/26/2013 1:43:55 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
>> [log in to unmask] writes:
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>> Are you familiar with the pseudonym for a writer in the 1860s for the
>> St.Louis Republican, Hans Patrick Le Connor? I wonder if the "Le Connor"
>> could be in the spirit of "Josh" and "Snook." Were there references to
>> con-men in those days?
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>> Am grateful for your contributions here. Thanks
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>> Arianne Laidlaw
>> Sacramento
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> Arianne Laidlaw A '58
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