Kevin Burton Smith wrote:
[snip]
> I'm not saying Millhone is the hardest bitch at the
ball, but she
> certainly is part of the on-going hard-boiled
tradition, or at least
> the part of it that started years ago, maybe as far
back as when
> Marlowe booted Carmen Sternwood out of his
bed.
>
> Oh, and don't you just love when academics get all
hissy?
The American Heritage Dictionary:
breech n. 1. The lower rear portion of the human trunk; the
buttocks. 2. breeches a. Trousers extending to or just below
the knee. b. Informal. Trousers. 3. The part of a firearm
behind the barrel.
Bitch? Hissy? Real he-man words, I daresay. Kinsey Milhone a
part of the tradition of "hard-boiled"? Rubbish. I suggest
rara-avis go on hiatus starting tomorrow or the day
after.
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