A Conversation for Attack Of The Mutant Expressions
Mutant Expresions: The tow rag
Tunku13 Started conversation Jul 20, 2009
Most people spell it Toe Rag, which is either a veruka spreader or a podiatrists university fun(d) week.
I think it is Tow Rag, from cotton milling. Tow was the ends and scraps of cotton fabric too small to be used as anything but a rag to clean up dirty machinery with.
Mutant Expresions: The tow rag
Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Jul 20, 2009
Hmmm, according to this, it is "toe rag"
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-toe1.htm
Mutant Expresions: The tow rag
Tunku13 Posted Jul 20, 2009
OK so what might Toe rag mean?
Besides more foot related fungi?
A piece of worthless rag seems clear to me.
Mutant Expresions: The tow rag
Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Jul 20, 2009
Well, knitting and stockings are a relatively new invention. And wearing rags instead of socks is still common among hikers and in the military...
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