Tom_Talbot comments on Rationality Quotes August 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MinibearRex 02 August 2011 11:30:36PM 0 points [-]

But even a hind at the plough

Do you mean "hand"?

Comment author: Tom_Talbot 02 August 2011 11:51:02PM * 4 points [-]

I think Mencken was using it in the sense of, "A peasant; a rustic; a farm servant.", (see also). It's an unusual usage.