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From: John Peradotto <peradott@acsu.buffalo.edu>
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Quoting Lisa Maurice <lmaurice@bezeqint.net>:

> 
> > David, it's a summer Friday, so I hope you'll excuse this: when
> > discussing Iliad I, do you too get snickers when you mention the
> phrase
> > "war booty"?  I can't use that word without half the class
> collapsing on
> > the floor in laughter.
> 
> Ok, I'm probably gonna regret this, but it's a colloquialism which
> hasn't
> filtered over to here, and not to the Uk when I grew up or lived
> there.  So
> I'll bite...what's so funny about war booty????
> 
> Lisa Maurice
> 
> Dr.L.Maurice
> Department of Classics,
> Bar Ilan University
> Ramat Gan
> Israel
> 52900
> 
> tel: +972 3 531 8231
> email: lmaurice@bezeqint.net
> 
> 
> 

For the answer to your question check out (and watch for wrap):
http://www.bartleby.com/cgi-bin/texis/webinator/ahdsearch?
search_type=enty&query=booty&db=ahd

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