The ʻshaggy Dogʼ Story: Its Origin, Development, and Nature (with a Few Seemly Examples) |
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Another public - house story , which , however , concerns a London ' pub ' , is that of a white mouse . " Every evening this mouse , ensconced and well concealed in the breast pocket of its owner , would go to the ' local .
Another public - house story , which , however , concerns a London ' pub ' , is that of a white mouse . " Every evening this mouse , ensconced and well concealed in the breast pocket of its owner , would go to the ' local .
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And ' , squeaked the mouse , peeping indignantly from the whisky - drenched pocket , ' that goes for your cat too . ' Now , that ' shaggy dog ' represents the elaboration of a tall story current all over the Englishа speaking world ...
And ' , squeaked the mouse , peeping indignantly from the whisky - drenched pocket , ' that goes for your cat too . ' Now , that ' shaggy dog ' represents the elaboration of a tall story current all over the Englishа speaking world ...
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following American story , however , is pure ' shaggy dog ' : One day a man came into a saloon and produced a mouse from his pocket and set it down on the bar in front of him . When the ordered drink arrived the bartender and the other ...
following American story , however , is pure ' shaggy dog ' : One day a man came into a saloon and produced a mouse from his pocket and set it down on the bar in front of him . When the ordered drink arrived the bartender and the other ...
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| Title | The ʻshaggy Dogʼ Story: Its Origin, Development, and Nature (with a Few Seemly Examples) |
| Author | Eric Partridge |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | Philosophical Library, 1954 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 4 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0802212794, 9780802212795 |
| Length | 107 pages |
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