Makes sense.
I got the sense of the poor, forever in poverty's grip,
being pushed forever downward, stepped on, kicked
under the rug, taxed unmercifully. Picture
Louis XVI and the French Revolt. That was my idea.
And then the huge drill into rock........etc.
Poverty
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Re: Poverty
Ask, and you shall receive (sometimes!):Does anyone out there know how poverty came to be referred to as "grinding?"
So it appears that it has been around for a while. Kinda like me ...grinding
pp. adj. from grind, O.E. Meaning “oppressive” is from 1580s. The verbal noun is from mid-14c.
Regards//Larry
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
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If you mean the last line, above the signature, a personal remark about myself, it's because the first part of the post gave an answer to the original question, and provided a link (Etymology Online) to the reference, not just an inane comment.How do you get by making personal comments like that,
without getting your hands slapped?
To see how I added the link to the quote box, click the "quote" button in the upper right corner of the post to examine the code.
In the "Post a reply" window, you can click the BBCode link on the lower left of the window under Options. This opens a new window explaining BBCode.
Regards//Larry
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
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