[New-Poetry] Re: Leaves of Grass

[Rsgwynn1 at cs.com]

In a message dated 7/4/2008 1:50:08 PM Central Daylight Time, 
grahamd at ripon.edu writes: 
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> I found this definition in *Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase &Fable*, 1898 
> edition, which seems to support the etymology:
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>      "A grass-hand is a compositor who fills a temporary vacancy."
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"Grass" must mean temporary in this sense, as in "grass-widow."   
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