My 1948 Websters (about a foot thick, cost me 10 bucks a month ago) has a
few references:
"A fashionable man about town; esp., a man of means, given to sport, who
drives his own horses, sails his own yacht, or the like." I like this.
Another was "given to luxurious dissipation". I don't like this.
Yet another was "A gay, licentious person". Remember this was 1948.
tim
-----Original Message-----
From: DonJQueen@aol.com [mailto:DonJQueen@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 1999 8:24 AM
To: cobra@airmail.net
Cc: rebjrmd@ix.netcom.com; vintage-race@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: I'm always willing to learn
In a message dated 09/09/1999 8:16:53 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
cobra@airmail.net writes:
<<
My Merriam Webster (at home so this is not an exact reference) defines
the noun Corinthian as a gentleman who participates because of the love
of the sport....bull's-eye!!!
Richard >>
Consider this a challenge. I really do want to learn, but the definition you
suggest does not exist in Merriam Webster or any other dictionary I can
find.
Don
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