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Sender: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 12:47:04 -0400
Reply-To: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: regional usage--"down in the bills"
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From: David Davis <[log in to unmask]>
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A quick-and-dirty google search shows American usage from before the
Civil War -

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22down+in+the+bills%22

(include the phrase in quotes)

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