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Friday, April 3, 2015
I Want A Time Machine
Think what these would be worth today! From
Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 2, Number 273, 5 February 1852:
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Reminds me fondly of the people on the Internet who swear - swear - that "pistol" only and always means "self-loader", and that "revolver" is the only proper term for a ... revolving pistol.
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This is a 20th century usage.
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