Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: RARA-AVIS Digest V2 #394
Mario Taboada (matrxtech@sprintmail.com)
Tue, 04 Aug 1998 18:16:29 -0500
In latin, "Rara avis" means "rare or strange bird". The Maltese
Falcon
is referred to by Gutman as a "rara avis". What we need is a
latin
expression that succintly summarizes "hardboiled or noir or
both".
Regards,
MT
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