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Saying Origin

Posted by David FG on April 07, 2005

In Reply to: Saying Origin posted by Betsy on April 06, 2005

: Does anyone know what the saying "In a coon's age" means?

It reminds me of the UK and Irish phrase 'donkey's years' which appears to mean the same thing (but perhaps slightly less controversially, these days.)

DFG

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