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T tikiskip Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Nov 26, 2005 Posts: 5993	T tikiskip Posted posted on Tue, Nov 20, 2018 12:40 AM Har, I tried to be nice too. In the south they call a sale like this "a pig in a poke" Etymology In the past, it was common for small farmers to put a pig in a cloth sack to bring it to market for sale. A poke is a sack or bag. It has a French origin as poque and, like several other French words, its diminutive is formed by adding -ette or -et — hence pocket began life with the meaning "small bag". Poke is still in use in several English-speaking places, including Scotland and some regions of the United States. The full maxim is "don't buy a pig in a poke". This is addressed in the common law by guaranteeing a buyer the right to inspect goods before purchase,

Har, I tried to be nice too.

In the south they call a sale like this "a pig in a poke"

Etymology
In the past, it was common for small farmers to put a pig in a cloth sack to bring it to market for sale. A poke is a sack or bag. It has a French origin as poque and, like several other French words, its diminutive is formed by adding -ette or -et — hence pocket began life with the meaning "small bag". Poke is still in use in several English-speaking places, including Scotland and some regions of the United States.

The full maxim is "don't buy a pig in a poke". This is addressed in the common law by guaranteeing a buyer the right to inspect goods before purchase,

Post #791299 by tikiskip on Tue, Nov 20, 2018 12:40 AM