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I see the English writers are still using the word “Hoover” as a noun that means “vacuum cleaner” and even go so far as to turn it into a pseudo-verb, “Hoovering”.


8 posted on 03/30/2018 6:52:45 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

Long time ago...played baseball with a first base man we all called Hoover.....


15 posted on 03/30/2018 6:10:35 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot)
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