Slang Is A Language That Rolls Up Its Sleeves, Spits On Its Hands And Goes To Work.

Slang Is A Language That Rolls Up Its Sleeves, Spits On Its Hands And Goes To Work.

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Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves,
spits on its hands and goes to work.
-- Carl Sandburg, in "New York Times", 1959

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