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Let's face it, the toilet is oval, is in a small location not unlike an office and business is being conducted while sitting on it. This slang term is coy and spot-on. 3.
The Della Robbia mark is usually handwritten on the base of pieces with a ship device, and often the initials of the designer and decorator, and sometimes the date. Example initials include: C for Charles Collis; C.A.W. for Cassandia Annie Walker; C.M. for Carlo Manzoni; E.W. and E.M.W. for Emily Margaret Wood; L.W. for Liza Wilkins; R.B for ...
Each porcelain decorated by the Atelier Camille Le Tallec in Paris is signed by an LT motif in a Sèvres-like mark. Inside the LT motif appear two series of letters. [ 1 ] First, a letter code in the upper part indicating the date of production of the piece, and second the initials of the piece's painter in the lower part.
Notes Works cited References External links 0-9 S.S. Kresge Lunch Counter and Soda Fountain, about 1920 86 Main article: 86 1. Soda-counter term meaning an item was no longer available 2. "Eighty-six" means to discard, eliminate, or deny service A abe's cabe 1. Five dollar bill 2. See fin, a fiver, half a sawbuck absent treatment Engaging in dance with a cautious partner ab-so-lute-ly ...
"Crapper" was already in use [citation needed] as a coarse name for a toilet, but it gained currency from the work of Thomas Crapper, who popularized flush toilets in England and held several patents on toilet improvements. "The Jacks" is Irish slang for toilet. [85] It perhaps derives from "jacques" and "jakes", an old English term. [86]
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