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Urbane Guerrilla · 05-02-2011, 01:09 PM

Doesn't the OED also cite it as a mop for cleaning a cannon, in the words of the late H. Allen Smith -- where I learned the word as an adolescent? Goes in the bore, I gather, and the term was 17th-18th century.

05-02-2011, 01:09 PM	#15
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Doesn't the OED also cite it as a mop for cleaning a cannon, in the words of the late H. Allen Smith -- where I learned the word as an adolescent? Goes in the bore, I gather, and the term was 17th-18th century. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.