Vol. 41 No. 4 (1993)
Research Article

Naming of Fairdealing, Missouri

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  • Gerald Leonard Cohen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1179/nam.1993.41.4.271

Published 1993-12-01

Copyright (c) 1993 Maney

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Abstract

Abstract

Missouri is probably the premier storehouse of interesting place names, surpassing even such repositories of placename oddities as California, Texas, and Arkansas. As a sample, Missouri has (or once had) Barely Do, Devil's Elbow, Enough, HenPeck Creek, Jerktail, Loose Creek, Old Dishrag (school and community), Peculiar, Rocky Comfort, Tightwad, Useful, Veto, Whoopup, and also Fairdealing.

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  3. Cohen, Gerald. “Contributions to the Study of Missouri Place Names, part 8.” Fairdealing. In: Comments on Etymology (18): 7–8.
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