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Sandy C

February 29, 2012 08:23PM

Registered: 4 years ago
Posts: 160

From what I read, the idiom "lay claim to" was used during the period but "stake a claim" wasn't used until later.

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Subject	Author	Posted
staking a claim?	Suzanne O	February 29, 2012 07:21PM
Re: staking a claim?	Carol P	February 29, 2012 11:10PM
Re: staking a claim?	Lise	February 29, 2012 08:18PM
Wow Lise!	Debra Mc	February 29, 2012 09:29PM
Re: Wow Lise!	Lise	March 01, 2012 06:07AM
Re: Wow Lise!	ISara	March 06, 2012 02:52PM
Re: staking a claim?	Suzanne O	February 29, 2012 08:22PM
I found this...	Sandy C	February 29, 2012 08:15PM
And found this idiom, too...	Sandy C	February 29, 2012 08:22PM
Re: And found this idiom, too...	Suzanne O	March 01, 2012 01:27AM
Why not use "lay claim to"?......	Sandy C	March 01, 2012 01:53AM
Re: Why not use "lay claim to"?......	Suzanne O	March 01, 2012 11:02AM
Re: And found this idiom, too...	Suzanne O	February 29, 2012 08:33PM
Re: I found this...	Suzanne O	February 29, 2012 08:21PM
Re: I found this...	Sandy C	February 29, 2012 08:23PM
Re: staking a claim?	Debra Mc	February 29, 2012 07:38PM
Re: staking a claim?	Suzanne O	February 29, 2012 07:43PM
What about?	Debra Mc	February 29, 2012 09:28PM