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To: Altariel

Whaled? So the cops shot him with a harpoon?

5 posted on 07/30/2012 11:52:39 AM PDT by paddles ("The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates." Tacitus)

To: paddles

whale
verb
whaled
whal·ing

Definition of WHALE
transitive verb

1
: lash, thrash

2
: to strike or hit vigorously

3
: to defeat soundly
Origin of WHALE
origin unknown
First Known Use: circa 1790

From Merriam-Webster

14 posted on 07/30/2012 12:00:45 PM PDT by Altariel ("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")

To: paddles

Sounds to me like it’s a “whale of a tale.”

17 posted on 07/30/2012 12:05:17 PM PDT by dfwgator (FUJR (not you, Jim))

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