forgetn.
/fəˈɡɛt/, U.S. /fərˈɡɛt/ Chiefly colloquial.
An act of forgetting; a lapse of memory.
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > [noun] > act of forgetting
forgetting1340
unmindinga1382
forgetfulness1398
forget1861
memory lapse1893
brain freeze1985
1861 E. B. Ivatts Handbk. Railway Station Managem. 27 Errors of Judgment and Casual Mistakes, including ‘Forgets’.
1880 J. Payn Confidential Agent I. 111 I thought you might have made a forget of it.
1885 T. Mozley Reminisc. Towns (ed. 2) I. ix. 44 I was very liable to momentary forgets, transpositions and misplacings of words.
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forgetn.
/ˈfɔːdʒɪt/ Glove-making.
(See quots.)
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for hands > [noun] > glove > parts of > finger > parts of
forget1681
fourchette1862
1681 Min. Glover Incorp. Perth in Beck Gloves (1883) 153 That no Gloves be made with tard forchets but allenerly with Cliven forchets.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 18/1 The Forges, the peeces between the Fingers.
1862 Mrs. H. Wood Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles I. xxiii. 282 The long strips, running up inside the fingers, are the forgits.
1886 Chambers's Jrnl. 226/2 He cut pieces for the thumbs and fourchettes or sides of the fingers—usually pronounced ‘forgets’.
1891 19th Cent. No. 178. 939 The pieces for the thumbs, and the forgets—i.e. the little side pieces for the fingers.
1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §429 Side pieces for fingers of glove (called fourchettes or forgets).
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forgetv.
/fəˈɡɛt/, U.S. /fərˈɡɛt/ 1. proverbial.a1550 in R. Dyboski Songs, Carols & Other Misc. Poems (1908) 129 Seld sene, sone forgotin.
a. transitive. To lose remembrance of; to cease to retain in one's memory. †Formerly sometimes with out. Often with clause as object. Also colloquial in admonitory phrases. forget it: take no more notice of it, don't mention it.
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > recollect wrongly [verb (transitive)] > forget, cease to know
forgetc888
unremember1484
tine1513
lose1530
retire1549
unknowa1586
forlet1813
disremember1815
the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > recollect wrongly [verb (transitive)]
forgetc1300
oblivec1500
misremember1533
oblitec1560
to wear outa1676
misrecollect1818
misrecall1959
the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > exhortation to ignore [interjection]
my troubles1895
forget it1903
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xlii Næfre nauht he ne forgeat.
c1050 Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia (1885) 8 326 Þæt þu neforgyte þæt ic þe nu secge.
a1200 Moral Ode 98 Nabbeð hie no þing forȝieten of þat hie her iseien.
c1300 Beket 1956 Here names for here schrewede ne beoth noȝt forȝute ut [MS. Laud 108 nout forȝite ȝuyt].
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 16 Swa yat na tyme of lenth it let Na ger it haly be forȝet.
1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. lxii. [lxv.] 210 That I sholde forgete out ony thynge that I have knowen to be done.
c1540 Howers of Blessed Virgin E. & L. 104 They shall Be registred so, they shall not be forgetten.
c1676 Lady Chaworth in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 34 The D. of Monmouth Mr. Griffin and Mr. Godolphin and a fourth whose name I have forgot.
1757 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) IX. 279 Have you forgot that every man is now born in as good a state as Adam was made at first?
1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) I. 387 Frederic..did not forget his numerous wrongs and affronts.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People i. §1. 5 Men forgot how to fight for their country when they forgot how to govern it.
1888 Detroit Free Press 6 Oct. 1/4 You don't want to fool with those Quakers any, and don't you forget it.
1890 R. K. Fox Slang Dict. N.Y. 48 ‘And don't you forget it’ [and other slang expressions] are all, or nearly all, Californianisms.
1903 R. L. McCardell Conversat. Chorus Girl 91 I gave him the laugh, and said, ‘Forget it!’
1909 ‘E. C. Hall’ Aunt Jane of Kentucky ii. 32 He was the Rev. Lemuel Page, and don't you forgit it.
1915 Let. in C. Mackenzie My Life & Times (1966) V. 13 The next bloody army I join is the Salvation bloody army and don't you forget it.
1930 R. Macaulay Staying with Relations xx. 302 Well, then, forget it... I sure don't want to wait any more.
1932 ‘Spindrift’ Yankee Slang 9 Aw! Shucks, forget it—to tender thanks for courtesy or kindness is to provoke this phrase.
1951 ‘A. Garve’ Murder in Moscow xxii. 181 ‘By the way, Jeff—thanks!’ ‘Forget it.’
1960 ‘W. Haggard’ Closed Circuit ix. 111 ‘I hope I'm not interrupting you...’ ‘Forget it.’
1970 W. Smith Gold Mine xxxi. 78 She was genuinely puzzled by the question... ‘What's he got to do with it?’ ‘All right, forget it.’
b. To fail to recall to mind; not to recollect.
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > recollect wrongly [verb (transitive)] > fail to recollect
overyeteeOE
wanta1425
forget1787
1787 ‘G. Gambado’ Acad. Horsemen 12 He says much the same of rabbits and onions, but I forget how he brings that to bear.
1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest II. i. 3 I forget the sign [of the inn].
c. const. to a person = as a matter of reproach against him. rare.
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1822 T. Moore Diary 31 Jan. The thing has never been forgotten to Etienne since.
d. absol. (or intransitive) Also, to forget about: not to recall the facts concerning; not to remember to take action in the matter of (colloquial).
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > recollect wrongly [verb (intransitive)] > forget, fail to remember
to forget abouta1382
to lose (the) run of1820
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xliv. 18 Thei forȝeeten, lest ther eȝen seeȝen, and lest thei vnderstoden in ther herte.
a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 823 The kyng wold not foreget.
1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. i. 234 Farewel, thou canst not teach me to forget. View more context for this quotation
1611 Bible (King James) Psalms x. 11 Hee hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten. View more context for this quotation
a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) I. 363 He'll learn..To feign and to forget.
1885 Ld. Tennyson Flight i, in Tiresias Are you sleeping? have you forgotten?
1897 N. Gould Seeing him Through xix He had forgotten about that, it was such a long time ago.
1907 R. Brooke Let. in Coll. Poems (1918) p. xxv I often wonder whether I haven't written several of them myself under a pseudonym, and forgotten about it.
2. † c. with adjective complement or adverb. Obsolete.
a. To omit or neglect through inadvertence. Chiefly with infinitive as object. In poetry sometimes figurative of natural agents, etc.
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the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] > omit, pass over
forgetc950
overhipc1300
overgoa1382
overpassa1382
passa1382
to step over ——1387
to pass overc1390
overslipa1400
overskipc1400
overslide1488
overstartc1500
neglect1511
skip1531
to pass by1560
intermit1570
leap1600
overjump1604
jump1749
the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > not do [verb (transitive)] > leave undone or fail to carry out
letc900
overheaveOE
forsakec1175
missa1350
leavea1375
fail1393
forgeta1400
omit?c1422
pretermit1475
neglect1533
to dispense with1559
permit1567
overrun1583
slip1592
default1649
to miss of ——1658
to fail of1723
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Mark x. 21 An ðe is forgeten.
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xvi. 5 Hig forgeton þæt hig hlafas namon.
c1386 G. Chaucer Prioress's Tale 59 This widwe hir litel sone y-taught Our blisful lady..To worshipe ay, and he forgat it naught.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1730 Þe folk to preche for-gate he noght.
c1420 Sir Amadace (Camden) xxviii To sadulle his horse was noȝte forȝetun.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxvi God dyd neither forgeue nor forget to punishe the duke.
1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xvi. 444 I quite forgot to put it into my Journal.
1713 A. Pope Windsor-Forest 15 The Winds forget to roar.
1718 N. Rowe tr. Lucan Pharsalia ix. 1389 Straight His Blood forgot to flow, his Heart to beat.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Gardener's Daughter in Poems (new ed.) II. 23 The steer forgot to graze.
b. To omit to take, leave behind inadvertently.
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > recollect wrongly [verb (transitive)] > leave behind
forgeta1400
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1690 Fouxul ne worme forget þou noght.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3163 Suerd and fire forgat he noght.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Deut. xxiv. 19 Whan thou hast reaped downe thine haruest in the felde, and hast forgotten a shefe in the felde.
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. i. 5 Hot. A plague vpon it I haue forgot the map. Glendow. No here it is. View more context for this quotation
1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man iv. 49 I had almost forgot the wedding ring!
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xi. 72 We had no candles, they had been forgotten.
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a1340 R. Rolle Psalter vi. 6 Þat nane be forgetyn vnpunyst.
c1400 Three Kings Cologne (1886) 127 Þes þinges oure lady forgat bihynde hir whan sche ȝede oute of þat plaas in to Egypte.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. xvi. 69 Hys feris all hes hym forȝet allane.
d. To omit to mention, leave unnoticed, pass over inadvertently.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > be careless or heedless of [verb (transitive)] > overlook inadvertently
overseeOE
overlook1459
overscape1534
forget1538
overhale1571
to look beside1627
miss1666
underlook1802
1538 T. Elyot Dict. Prætermitto, to leue vntouched, to forgete, to leue oute.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. xlixv I may not forget how the Frenche men..sent a herault.
1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 130 He would passe ouer that, that he intended most, and goe forth, and come backe againe, and speake of it, as of a Thing, that he had almost forgot.
1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland 93 I had almost forgot Tobacco, of which they are very great admirers.
1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions (1783) III. 187 Pray don't forget me to your uncle.
1881 E. A. Freeman Sketch Subj. Lands Venice 166 Not forgetting a gate which has been made out in the long walls.
3. † c. To drop the practice of (a duty, virtue, etc.); to lose the use of (one's senses). to forget to do = to forget how to do (something). Obsolete.
a. To cease or omit to think of, let slip out of the mind, leave out of sight, take no note of.
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c1000 Ags. Ps. (1835) xii. 1 Hu lange wilt þu, Drihten, min forgitan.
c1200 Vices & Virtues (1888) 7 Hie forȝiteð to swiðe hem seluen wið-innen.
a1300 Floriz & Bl. (Cambr.) 497 Ne schal ihc neure forȝete þe.
1382 J. Wyclif Psalms cxviii[i]. 176 Thin hestis I haue not forȝeten.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 20208 O þat bode forgat scho noght.
a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 196 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 305 Þou schalle neuer lose for to be kynde; That on forȝetis anoþer hase in mynde.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iv. viii. 45.
1651 H. Isaackson in T. Fuller Abel Redevivus sig. **v He forgat not his Patron Doctor Watts, at his end.
1717 A. Pope Eloisa to Abelard in Wks. 427 The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
1797 Ld. Nelson Let. Aug. in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) II. 437 I shall not be surprised to be neglected and forgot, as probably I shall no longer be considered as useful.
1888 M. E. Braddon Fatal Three I. v. 85 Are you quite forgetting luncheon?
b. used in connection with forgive; also absol. passing into proverb.
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?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 101 Al þe hurt were for ȝeten for þe gledschipe.
1421–2 T. Hoccleve Dialog 672 Mochil thyng haast thow write, That they nat foryeue haue, ne foryite.
1576 A. Fleming tr. G. Macropedius in Panoplie Epist. 380 Hee did both forgive and forgett offences committed against his majestie.
1621 H. Elsynge Notes Deb. House of Lords (1870) 74 I am sorry for it: I praye forgive and forgett.
1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals iv. ii Come, come, Mrs. Malaprop, we must forget and forgive.
1841 R. C. Trench Notes Parables xxiv. 364 God may forgive, man is not therefore to forget.
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > be or become mad [verb (intransitive)]
dwelec900
wedec900
awedeeOE
starea1275
braidc1275
ravea1325
to be out of mindc1325
woodc1374
to lose one's mindc1380
madc1384
forgetc1385
to go out of one's minda1398
to wede (out) of, but wita1400
foolc1400
to go (also fall, run) mada1450
forcene1490
ragec1515
waltc1540
maddle?c1550
to go (also run, set) a-madding (or on madding)1565
pass of wita1616
to have a gad-bee in one's brain1682
madden1704
to go (also be) off at the nail1721
distract1768
craze1818
to get a rat1890
to need (to have) one's head examined (also checked, read)1896
(to have) bats in the belfryc1901
to have straws in one's hair1923
to take the bats1927
to go haywire1929
to go mental1930
to go troppo1941
to come apart1954
the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] > cease the practice or observation of something
forgetc1385
to depart from1535
c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Lucrece. 1752 Desire That in his herte brent as any fire So wodely that hys witte was foryeten.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 20 So clene his wittes he foryete.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 203 He forȝet alle his fre þewes, And wex wod to þe wrache.
1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Giij Her ioynts forget to bow. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iii. ii. 1 And may it be that you haue quite forgot A husbands office? View more context for this quotation
1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. ii. 36 The terrour of such new and resolute opposition made them forget thir wonted valour.
4. In stronger sense: To neglect wilfully, take no thought of, disregard, overlook, slight.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > be careless or heedless of [verb (transitive)]
atletc1200
forheedc1275
forget1297
lachesc1425
remiss1443
to go by ——?c1450
unregard1545
recklessc1560
to fling aside1587
disregard1641
unheed1847
the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)]
fordita800
forheedc1275
forget1297
to let out ofa1300
spele1338
to go beside ——a1382
waivec1400
remiss?a1425
to go by ——?c1450
misknowledge?a1475
misknow1483
misken1494
to go besides ——1530
to let pass1530
unregard1545
unmind1562
overlook1570
mislippen1581
suspend1581
omit1589
blanch1605
to blow off1631
disregard1641
to pass with ——1641
to give (a person or thing) the go-by1654
prescind1654
nihilify1656
proscribe1680
unnotice1776
ignore1795
to close one's mind1797
cushion1818
to leave out in the cold1839
overslaugh1846
unheed1847
to write off1861
to look through ——1894
scrub1943
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 445 He verȝet al þe strong oþ, þat he adde byuore To emperesse.
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 2051 Whiles þai lyf þai have na mynde Of God, bot forgettes hym.
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 201 Þis lore is forȝete and þe fendis lore take.
a1400–50 Alexander 3276 The gome þat hys god forgatt.
1571 G. Buchanan Admonitioun Trew Lordis sig. A.2 It may seme..that I..forzettis my dewtie.
1703 W. Burkitt Expos. Notes New Test. Jas. ii. 5 Men wallow in Wealth, and forget God.
1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. ii. 68 Why should I be in danger of forgetting what is due to a father..!
5. to forget oneself.† c. To lose one's way.
a. To omit care for oneself.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > omit to care for oneself [verb (reflexive)]
to forget oneselfa1200
to let go1960
a1200 Moral Ode 25 Þe þe him selfe forȝeit for wiue oðer for childe He sal cumen on euel stede.
a1225 Leg. Kath. 1377 Feire is us ifallen: ah ȝet we forȝeoteð us.
b. To lose remembrance of one's own station, position, or character; to lose sight of the requirements of dignity, propriety, or decorum; to behave unbecomingly.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > become degraded or debased [verb (intransitive)] > stoop to something unworthy
descendc1350
precipitate1593
to forget oneself1597
condescend1640
stoop1743
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. ii. 79 Aum. Comfort my liege remember who you are. King. I had forgot my selfe, am I not King? View more context for this quotation
a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Changeling (1653) iii. sig. F Push, you forget youreself, a woman dipt in blood, and talk of modesty.
1698 J. Collier Short View Immorality Eng. Stage i. 4 Jacinta, Elvira, Dalinda..forget themselves extreamly: And almost all the Characters..are foul and nauseous.
1794 Ld. Nelson Let. 29 July in Dispatches & Lett. (1844) I. 462 These Agents forget themselves very much.
1856 C. Reade It is never too Late I. xi. 189 How is he to answer my question if he holds his tongue? you forget yourself.
1891 19th Cent. Dec. 856 When any speaker so far forgot himself as [etc.].
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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (reflexive)] > be or get lost
lose1535
to forget oneself1582
1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias xl. 93 b The Captaine Generall..founde..missing one of his greate Shippes, in the which went Sancho..vnto whome it did well appeare, by reason it was night, that he had forgotten himselfe.
d. To lose consciousness.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > unconsciousness > lose consciousness [verb (intransitive)]
to forget oneself1390
zonk1968
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 21 I myself foryete, That I wot never, what I am, Ne whider I shall, ne whenne I cam.
c1430 Syr. Gener. (Roxb.) 7561 Hir self she forgute, With~out spech stil she sute.
1717 A. Pope Eloisa to Abelard in Wks. 418 Tho' cold like you, unmov'd, and silent grown, I have not yet forgot myself to stone.
1897 N.E.D. at Forget Mod. I was nearly asleep, I had just forgotten myself.
Derivatives
forˈgetter n. one who forgets.
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > [noun] > one who forgets
forgetter1398
oblivionist1878
amnesiac1913
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > [noun] > stooping to something unworthy > one who
forgettera1625
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xii. vii. 417 The coluoure is..foryeter of wronges.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 174/1 Forȝetare [v.r. forgeter], immemor.
a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Captaine iv. iii, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Hh4/2 I thinke her A strange forgetter of her selfe.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Forgetter, a careless person.
1826 C. Lamb in New Monthly Mag. 16 227 We are not..so careless, as that Imperial forgetter of his dreams.
1870 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David I. Ps. ix. 17 Forgetters of God.
Draft additions September 2016
colloquial. forget about it: (a) used to indicate that a suggested scenario is unlikely or undesirable and should be abandoned or rejected as a lost cause (cf. fuhgeddaboudit int.); (b) (imperative) ‘don't let it trouble you’, ‘no problem’.
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1916 Detroit Free Press 29 Oct. v. 6/5 (headline) As to carburetor, forget about it.
1942 N.Y. Herald Tribune 27 Dec. a4 The person who is always washing his hands to protect himself from disease can forget about it.., for nature has put something in his skin that destroys [influenza viruses]..efficiently.
1947 C. Wood & A. Hopwood Good Night Ladies i. 8 Kittie. Marie hasn't time... Mike. Then forget about it.
1973 V. Teresa & T. C. Renner My Life in Mafia xv. 158 When those little monkeys get on top of a horse, forget about it—they can make Citation look like a workhorse.
1990 N. Hill Death grows on You (1992) ix. 123 I'm fine. Forget about it.
1998 M. Metz Seeker (2000) xii. 140 ‘I do owe you an apology for that,’ Isabel insisted... ‘Forget about it,’ he muttered.
2002 F. Negrón-Muntaner in M. Habell-Pallán & M. Romero Latino/a Pop. Culture ii. 56 If Barbie wants to date this plastic papi, she can forget about it. He's gay.
2010 Sarasota (Florida) Herald-Tribune (Nexis) 30 Apr. b8 All my Canadian friends said ‘Forget about it. It's absolutely impossible.’
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