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Chats - referring to body lice

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Blaxhall | 11:40 Tue 03rd Mar 2009 | Phrases & Sayings
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Doesn't anyone know if 'chats' can refer to body lice? The reference has come up in some WWI correspondence,
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Chat has been used to mean louse since the 1600s.
12:27 Tue 03rd Mar 2009
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i didn't know that. around here we say that someone dirty is "chatty"
00:35 Sat 07th Mar 2009
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And - in the sense of lousy/dirty - that's been around for almost the same length of time, Crisgal!
08:31 Sat 07th Mar 2009

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