Quotable. (Exercising the Right).From American author Louis L'Amour's novel The Cherokee Trail (snippet A small amount of something. In the computer field, it often refers to a small piece of program code. of a conversation between the book's heroine, Mary Breydon, and her maid and cook, Matty Maginnis): ... [Mary] suddenly thought of something. "Matty? At first, you did not tell me you had a pistol." "No, mum, not at first. A woman's not expected to have a gun." "But you had one?" "Yes, mum, and I kept it hid. You'd best do the same. If they know you have it, they will do their best to get it from you. If they don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. you have it until you need one, it can make all the difference." It was good advice, and she must have a pistol, a gun she could handle easily and have close at all times. L'Amour (1908-1988) was the only novelist honored with both a congressional gold medal
highest award given a U.S. citizen; established 1963. [Am. Hist.: Misc.] See : Prize (1984). |
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