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Canadian bridge player chuffed by world-champ title

#1 User is offline   jillybean 

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Posted 2010-October-21, 17:02

http://www.theglobea...article1764455/
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Posted 2010-October-21, 17:07

I read the article just to see if "chuffed" meant happy or angry. (I guessed wrong. Etymonline confirmed both meanings have been around awhile, but the article's usage is the more usual one.)
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