saw-dust trail
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sawdust trail
noun
1.
the road to conversion or rehabilitation, as for a sinner or criminal.
2.
Also called sawdust circuit. the itinerary of revival meetings.
Origin:
1910–15, Americanism; so called from the sawdust-covered aisles in the temporary constructions put up for revival meetings
1910–15, Americanism; so called from the sawdust-covered aisles in the temporary constructions put up for revival meetings
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Saw-dust trail
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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