Carl Sandburg quote: Slang is language which takes off its coat spits on its hands - and goes to work.

Slang is language which takes off its coat spits on its hands - and goes to work.

~ Carl Sandburg ~

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Slang is language which takes off its coat spits on its hands - and goes to work.

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