If your last name is Cook or Smith, your ancestors probably worked in those professions. But what if your last name is Pope? Or Abbott? And if you have enough food for Coxey’s army, you have more than enough to go around. The phrase refers to...
In Wisconsin, a slippery Jim is a pickle, usually a pickled cucumber tucked into lunch, though pickled watermelon rind may get the same label. The point is the brine, not just the vegetable: a fresh cucumber isn’t a slippery Jim. This is part of a...