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To: PLMerite

now they all use Merkins.

44 posted on 07/10/2021 7:31:32 PM PDT by bdfromlv (Leavenworth hard time)

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To: bdfromlv

I had to look that up. In addition to the usage you meant, it is also the term for a mop used to clean a cannon. I wonder if that’s where they got it?

45 posted on 07/10/2021 7:39:22 PM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )

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