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<p>[QUOTE="Debora, post: 2498751, member: 1476"]See the red nose? The figure on your thermometer really is a "souse" or a habitual drunkard. 1930s slang. W.C. Fields often played one. In fact, in The Bank Dick his character was named Sousé. As an inside joke. </p><p><br /></p><p>Debora</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]267357[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Debora, post: 2498751, member: 1476"]See the red nose? The figure on your thermometer really is a "souse" or a habitual drunkard. 1930s slang. W.C. Fields often played one. In fact, in The Bank Dick his character was named Sousé. As an inside joke. Debora [ATTACH=full]267357[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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