M & D back to mending

Thu Mar 12 08:22:02 CDT 2015

>From the Wiki:
*D.I.O.*
127; "Damme, I'm Off!" - a men's catchphrase of the late 18th-early 19th
centuries; 413; 709

2015-03-12 12:45 GMT+01:00 Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>:

> MOBY DICK: Not only were the old sails being mended, but new sails
> were coming on board, and bolts of canvas, and coils of rigging; in
> short,
>
> p. 127 "twas D.I.O for Mr. Waddington"
>
>  (I can only find DIO as an acronym for a science journal not spelled out)
> Anyone, anyone?
> -
> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
>
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