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Marius Hancu
Feb 1, 2012, 3:28:52 AM2/1/12
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Hello:
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[Calling the boys by sounding the conch]
Then the creature stepped from mirage on to clear sand, and they saw
that the darkness was not all shadow but mostly clothing. The creature
was a party of boys, marching approximately in step in two parallel
lines and dressed in strangely eccentric clothing. Shorts, shirts, and
different garments they carried in their hands; but each boy wore a
square black cap with a silver badge on it. Their bodies, from throat
to ankle, were hidden by black cloaks which bore a long silver cross
on the left breast and each neck was finished off with a hambone
frill.
William Golding, Lord of the Flies
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"hambone frill":??
I find this only as AmE:
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hambone
noun
North American informal
an inferior actor or performer, especially one who uses a
spurious black accent.
http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/hambone?q=hambone
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Thanks.
Marius Hancu
--
[Calling the boys by sounding the conch]
Then the creature stepped from mirage on to clear sand, and they saw
that the darkness was not all shadow but mostly clothing. The creature
was a party of boys, marching approximately in step in two parallel
lines and dressed in strangely eccentric clothing. Shorts, shirts, and
different garments they carried in their hands; but each boy wore a
square black cap with a silver badge on it. Their bodies, from throat
to ankle, were hidden by black cloaks which bore a long silver cross
on the left breast and each neck was finished off with a hambone
frill.
William Golding, Lord of the Flies
---
"hambone frill":??
I find this only as AmE:
--
hambone
noun
North American informal
an inferior actor or performer, especially one who uses a
spurious black accent.
http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/hambone?q=hambone
---
--
Thanks.
Marius Hancu
bert
Feb 1, 2012, 6:00:29 AM2/1/12
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On Wednesday, February 1, 2012 8:28:52 AM UTC, Marius Hancu wrote:
> William Golding, Lord of the Flies
>
> "hambone frill":??
> William Golding, Lord of the Flies
>
A traditional toroidal paper decoration
applied to the bone protruding from a whole
cooked ham joint, in order to decorously
decorate it (!!?) for a high-class table.
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Nick Spalding
Feb 1, 2012, 6:16:16 AM2/1/12
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bert wrote, in
<4710328.3214.1328094029702.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@yqfa18>
on Wed, 1 Feb 2012 03:00:29 -0800 (PST):
As seen here:
<http://www.neavesofdebenham.co.uk/images/cooked%20ham.jpg>
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Nick Spalding
BrE/IrE
<4710328.3214.1328094029702.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@yqfa18>
on Wed, 1 Feb 2012 03:00:29 -0800 (PST):
<http://www.neavesofdebenham.co.uk/images/cooked%20ham.jpg>
--
Nick Spalding
BrE/IrE
Don Phillipson
Feb 1, 2012, 8:07:47 AM2/1/12
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"Marius Hancu" <marius...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> [Calling the boys by sounding the conch]
>
> Then the creature stepped from mirage on to clear sand, and they saw
> that the darkness was not all shadow but mostly clothing. The creature
> was a party of boys, marching approximately in step in two parallel
> lines and dressed in strangely eccentric clothing. Shorts, shirts, and
> different garments they carried in their hands; but each boy wore a
> square black cap with a silver badge on it. Their bodies, from throat
> to ankle, were hidden by black cloaks which bore a long silver cross
> on the left breast and each neck was finished off with a hambone
> frill.
>
> William Golding, Lord of the Flies
> ---
>
> "hambone frill":??
In a choirboy's costume, this is the starched ruff worn
around the neck as in
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3670122/St-Pauls-Cathedral-School-Ancient-and-modern.html
Its shape is similar to the paper frills used by
cooks to ornament some dishes.
--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
news:e480d7c9-de70-4ac2...@c6g2000vbk.googlegroups.com...
> [Calling the boys by sounding the conch]
>
> Then the creature stepped from mirage on to clear sand, and they saw
> that the darkness was not all shadow but mostly clothing. The creature
> was a party of boys, marching approximately in step in two parallel
> lines and dressed in strangely eccentric clothing. Shorts, shirts, and
> different garments they carried in their hands; but each boy wore a
> square black cap with a silver badge on it. Their bodies, from throat
> to ankle, were hidden by black cloaks which bore a long silver cross
> on the left breast and each neck was finished off with a hambone
> frill.
>
> William Golding, Lord of the Flies
> ---
>
> "hambone frill":??
around the neck as in
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3670122/St-Pauls-Cathedral-School-Ancient-and-modern.html
Its shape is similar to the paper frills used by
cooks to ornament some dishes.
--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
Marius Hancu
Feb 1, 2012, 12:41:52 PM2/1/12
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On Feb 1, 6:16 am, Nick Spalding <spald...@iol.ie> wrote:
> bert wrote, in
> <4710328.3214.1328094029702.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@yqfa18>
> on Wed, 1 Feb 2012 03:00:29 -0800 (PST):
> bert wrote, in
> <4710328.3214.1328094029702.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@yqfa18>
> on Wed, 1 Feb 2012 03:00:29 -0800 (PST):
> >> "hambone frill":??
>
> >A traditional toroidal paper decoration
> >applied to the bone protruding from a whole
> >cooked ham joint, in order to decorously
> >decorate it (!!?) for a high-class table.
>
> As seen here:
> <http://www.neavesofdebenham.co.uk/images/cooked%20ham.jpg>
Very interesting.
>
> >A traditional toroidal paper decoration
> >applied to the bone protruding from a whole
> >cooked ham joint, in order to decorously
> >decorate it (!!?) for a high-class table.
>
> As seen here:
> <http://www.neavesofdebenham.co.uk/images/cooked%20ham.jpg>
Thank you all.
Marius Hancu
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