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Re: Target token
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Ron May <[log in to unmask]>
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HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 1 Dec 2005 03:43:07 -0500
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I thought "bite the bullet" meant something you did to stop screaming or  
breaking your teeth from screaming when shot. In World War I, it was common  
battlefield joke that a soldier's job was to either bite the bullet, or  stop one.
 
Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc.

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