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Re: SWMBO

To: Trevor Jordan <tjordan@vic.bigpond.net.au>
Subject: Re: SWMBO
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 09:52:35 -0600
Cc: Michael Grey <msg1191@pop.tamu.edu>, triumphs@autox.team.net
References: <19990619210242.67046.qmail@hotmail.com> <v04011701b39200a6b094@[24.192.21.186]>
Webster defines bailey as, "1. the outer wall of a castle or any of
several walls surrounding the keep. 2. the space immediately within the
external wall or between two outer walls of a castle.

Sounds decidedly British to me!

Joe

Trevor Jordan wrote:
> 
> It is "Bailey", as in the Old Bailey.  Does anyone know the origin of that
> name?
> 
> Trevor Jordan
> 74 TR6 CF29281U


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