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Taking this clue, word detectives suggest that son of a gun originated during the eighteenth century, when nonmilitary women were permitted to live aboard naval ships.
They probably originated in Africa (along with humans), and fossils of mosquitoes show that the vectors for malaria have existed for at least 30 million years.
There has been speculation that the $235,000 Kanchanalak personally donated to the party originated with Chearavanont and his government partners.
In reply to Milton Horowitz [XVIII, 2], gedunk originated in Harold Teen, a comic strip of the twenties, by Carl Ed, replete with cutie-pie flappers, porkpie hats, bellbottom slacks, and epigraphic yellow slickers and jalopies.
Federated originated as a decentralized “federation” of well-known stores like Rich’s and Bloomingdale’s, with wide variation in both its merchandising and back-room activities.