Re: GR translation: checking out tits ‘n’ asses, waistlines ‘n’ baskets

[Mark Kohut]

Baskets, noun, the female breasts, ROUTLEDGE DICT OF MODERN SLANG, interestingly no citation earlier than 1965. An anachronistic usage from the fountainhead of the sixties. 

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> On Oct 13, 2015, at 2:01 AM, Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I would think the things normal bras have two of.
> 
> 2015-10-13 5:36 GMT+02:00 Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>:
>> Best ... P-List ... subject line ... ever ...
>> 
>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 9:42 PM, Mike Jing
>> <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > V653.4-14   But he gets no farther than Nürnberg, where his valise, with
>> > Byron wrapped inside in an alb, is ripped off by a transsectite, a Lutheran
>> > named Mausmacher who likes to dress up in Roman regalia. This Mausmacher,
>> > not content with standing in front of his own mirror making papal crosses,
>> > thinks it will be a really bizarre kick to go out to the Zeppelin field to a
>> > Nazi torchlight rally in full drag, and walk around blessing people at
>> > random. Green torches flaring, red swastikas, twinkling brasses and Father
>> > Mausmacher, checking out tits ‘n’ asses, waistlines ‘n’ baskets, humming a
>> > clerical little tune, some Bach riff, smiling as he moves through the Sieg
>> > Heils and choruses of “Die Fahne Hoch.”
>> >
>> > What is the basket in "waistlines ‘n’ baskets"?
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