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To: AnAmericanMother

Madame Tussaud's comes a cropper.

I'm afraid I don't speak that lingo. What does it mean?

6 posted on 02/20/2008 7:24:05 PM PST by ELS (Vivat Benedictus XVI!)

To: Hamilton_More

In reply #2 I have links to Pope Benedict’s previous catecheses on the Early Church Fathers.

7 posted on 02/20/2008 7:25:36 PM PST by ELS (Vivat Benedictus XVI!)

To: ELS

You "come a cropper" (crupper/croup) when you fall off over your horse's back end (croup) at a big fence.

It's Brit speak (more specifically Brit country/hunting speak) for making a big mistake in a very public way.

9 posted on 02/20/2008 7:30:54 PM PST by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))

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