Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 06:20:29 +0000 From: Adrian Wontroba <aw1@stade.co.uk> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: More trivia: origin of the wheel group Message-ID: <20031222062029.A91764@titus.hanley.stade.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <3FE66474.1030201@daleco.biz>; from kdk@daleco.biz on Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 09:26:44PM -0600 References: <3FE500F4.3060108@potentialtech.com> <o9vfo9930c.fo9@mail.comcast.net> <3FE63E95.2020201@potentialtech.com> <20031222024701.GA1417@charter.net> <3FE66474.1030201@daleco.biz>
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On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 09:26:44PM -0600, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: > Possibly, but that wouldn't explain that it's commonly > known among old fogeys (sic --- "look" doesn't give a plural) > in Missouri. I'm fairly sure that I knew the "big wheel" term meaning "someone of importance" in my youth in the 60's. At the time, in Somerset (UK county) fairground Ferris Wheels where often known as "big wheels". I like this definition: http://www.foodreference.com/html/fbigwheelcheese.html -- Adrian Wontroba
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