Once again, good job. I’ll be looking up “scumbag” next. I think I already know the origin, but I’ll see how close I am.
John:
September 29th, 2016 at 11:52 am
Deep Purple wrote a song 20 years ago called “Ramshackle Man”
Terry:
April 21st, 2017 at 4:19 am
Very interesting background to my crossword answe !
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Carl:
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:02 pm
Once again, good job. I’ll be looking up “scumbag” next. I think I already know the origin, but I’ll see how close I am.
John:
September 29th, 2016 at 11:52 am
Deep Purple wrote a song 20 years ago called “Ramshackle Man”
Terry:
April 21st, 2017 at 4:19 am
Very interesting background to my crossword answe !