V2, Chap 15 (Sahha), I, p 461 - "Mene, mene tekel, upharsin"

[Michael Bailey]

 Mark Kohut wrote:
> Looking up 'tokus' , we can see it is an older usage, @1910-15 it sez.....
> evidently largely overtaken by different spellings..........
>

hehe, at least one family friend who used to say that...
2 come to think of it...
so instead of saying, "by the same token", we used to (and sometimes
still do) say, "by the same tokus"




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