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Re: Need a definition........
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Paul Drake <[log in to unmask]>
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Paul Drake <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 19 Oct 2003 09:59:37 -0500
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Subject: Re: Need a definition........

>"I can not give many dates. Grandfather was killed by one David
Greer, a
>Turk, Nov the 30,1824, was about forty five years old."
>
>My question.....what is "a Turk"?
***One who appeared in skin, hair and eye color as having been of
Mid-Eastern descent.  Neither Johnson (1802) nor Walker (1823) show
the word or any expression containing it.  Paul

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