100 years ago today: Mother & Daughter Threatened

United States
March 9, 2021 4:53pm CST
This was borrowed from The Seattle star. (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, March 09, 1921, Image 1Found on chroniclingamerica.loc.gov Below the photo of mother and daughter is written : Even the burgular who threatened half a dozen times to blow them into eternity admitted that Daughter (13) and mother (second woman -below) were plucky little women. Plucky meaning courageous. Well then. That's all I have to say to that.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222728)
• United States
10 Mar 21
Yes, we women can surely be plucky!
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
10 Mar 21
At first I was insulted because of the wording. I thought it was an insult to the women.
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
10 Mar 21
@LindaOHio I've heard it a few times in my life, but you're right, it's not a normal part of my vocabulary. Last Saturday I spent time with two of my best friends and one friend's niece. We started to talk about how some of the lingo her niece used was completely foreign to us. I guess we've reached that age where we can now understand why our parents seemed bewildered and confused by our slang.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222728)
• United States
10 Mar 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum lol That's because you're so young! We oldsters have heard that term.
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George B Vieto
@Deepizzaguy (122269)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
9 Mar 21
Never judge a female based on their looks. A lot of them that I know are smarter than the average bear in the woods.
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
10 Mar 21
Very true, but the same can be said of either gender.
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
10 Mar 21
@Deepizzaguy Right. We just can't be too careful. These criminal masterminds hide in plain sight.
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George B Vieto
@Deepizzaguy (122269)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
10 Mar 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum You are right since I do remember horror stories of the serial killer Ted Bundy (RIP) who pretended to be a cool person before rubbing out his victim.
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Notlilie
@prinzcy (32299)
• Malaysia
11 Mar 21
To be honest, I thought plucky mean being plum, round, you know. Turn out, it's not
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
11 Mar 21
I thought I'd heard of it being used that way too.
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marguicha
@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
9 Mar 21
I hate burglars since they came to my house while I was here.
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
9 Mar 21
We had a few close calls here over the years too. We came home once and interrupted a burgular who ran out.
DE
@DaddyEvil (174643)
• United States
9 Mar 21
You post some of the weirdest stuff... I just thought you'd like to know that...
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
10 Mar 21
Oh good, that just means I'm doing a good job.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174643)
• United States
10 Mar 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum Okay, then...
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
10 Mar 21
@DaddyEvil That's okay, you don't have to agree with me. I know I'm right.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
9 Mar 21
That is a new word for the day.
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
9 Mar 21
I've heard the word before. I actually had to look up the meaning because I was feeling a little insulted on the ladies behalf at first. I thought it was some sort of insult at first.
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
10 Mar 21
@CarolDM I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought so.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
9 Mar 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum Sounds like an insult.
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