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To: WildHighlander57

Cloaca? Like a worm cloaca?


1,573 posted on 02/26/2019 7:25:18 PM PST by numberonepal (WWG1WGA)
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Looks like that is what it said. Also note the rats on the clothing.

Cloaca Maxima was the main sewer for ancient Rome.

Cloaca | Define Cloaca at Dictionary.com
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/cloaca
1650s, euphemism for “underground sewer,” from Latin cloaca “public sewer, drain,” from cluere “to cleanse,” from PIE root *kleue- “to wash, clean” (cf.

Rats sewers. Who puts that on a child?

Can anyone suggest something else? And account for the Rat decals??


1,584 posted on 02/26/2019 7:42:04 PM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: numberonepal

numberonepal wrote:

“Cloaca? Like a worm cloaca?”

Yep.


1,585 posted on 02/26/2019 7:42:10 PM PST by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000)
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