"wanlace" cleared for lift-off

[Hutch]

Not sure (I'm *not* a "suit" kind of guy!) but I don't think so.
However, jeans and some slacks still do. Though most of us use them
for change today.

Hutch

On 1/10/06, lindafowens <lindafowens at netzero.net> wrote:
> There used to be fob or watch pockets on men's suits--are there still?
> Linda
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hutch" <hutchinson.jeff at gmail.com>
> To: <fictionary at plover.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 11:03 PM
> Subject: Re: "wanlace" cleared for lift-off
>
>
> Fascinating! According to <http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=fob> ...
>
> fob (n.) 1653, "small pocket for valuables," probably related to Low
> Ger. fobke "pocket," High Ger. fuppe "pocket." Meaning "chain attached
> to a watch carried in the fob" is from 1885.
>
> Until this e-mail, I had *only* ever heard it used for the "chain" meaning.
>
> "Ya learn something new every day" ... or yer dead! *G*
>
> BB,
> Hutch
>
> On 1/9/06, eLLioTT morEton <emoreton at alum.swarthmore.edu> wrote:
> >
> > "... four ... three ... two ... one."  With a smile of satisfaction, he
> > snapped the watch closed and replaced it in his fob.  Not one of them had
> > admitted to knowing what "wanlace" meant -- each waiting for someone else
> > to step forward first.  Now it was too late.  "Ladies and gentlemen", he
> > purred into the gosport, "'wanlace' is a go.  I await your definitions
> > until 9 a.m. EST on Sunday, January 15th.  That is all."
> >
> > em

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