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What "Twitter" meant in 1874
John Camden Hotten's The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Anecdotal was published in 1874, and is available in Project Gutenberg's archive. It's a nice piece of work, as this post on EbookFriendly illustrates, with choice definitions from a bygone era for "Pin," "Twitter" and more. pin: to put in the pin, to refrain from drinking. [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/ScUwGu7YZ04/what-twitter-meant-in-1874.html
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