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antebellum

Postby uncronopio » Tue Aug 09, 2005 10:08 pm

From Answers.com an·te·bel·lum (ăn'tē-bĕl'əm) adj. Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.

Etymology: Latin ante bellum : ante, before + bellum, war.
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Postby Slava » Wed Feb 03, 2010 11:03 pm

Continuing my feeble clean-up of un-answered posts, this one's been done, here:

http://www.alphadictionary.com/goodword/word/antebellum
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Postby LukeJavan8 » Thu Feb 04, 2010 2:19 pm

This word always conjures up visions of Janet Leigh
and "himself", with "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn".
Tara and the whole "Gone with the Wind" image.
And even though it is not necessarily antebellum
I get images too of "Auntie Mame" and hubby Beauregard.
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