She went to Florida for a long pull ...

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Marius Hancu - 30 Dec 2006 00:36 GMT

Hello:

Is this "pull" an "extended break/interval of time" or "separation
(from her husband)?" Couldn't find anything related in my references.

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[Lucy Stark separates from her husband.]

When she did leave him, there wasn't any noise. She went to Florida
for a long pull.

All the King's Men, by Robert Penn Warren, p. 223
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Seems to me similar to "for the long haul," thus "long term."

Thanks.
Marius Hancu

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tinwhistler - 30 Dec 2006 01:16 GMT

[snip]

> When she did leave him, there wasn't any noise. She went to Florida
> for a long pull.
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>
> Seems to me similar to "for the long haul," thus "long term." [snip]

Donna's usage of "the long haul" at this website, quoted below,
strikes me as commonplace:

"...So, your belief is an oversimplification: yes, there was a
century or
two when thou/you meant familiar/formal, but over the long haul of a
thousand years, it was neither the original nor the long-lasting
difference...
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.usage.english/browse_frm/thread/589b5ec29ed34
09c/14bc4db296c993ba?lnk=gst&q=%22long+haul%22&rnum=9#14bc4db296c993ba

RPW probably was using "long pull" in the same sort of way, IMO,
and as you suggest.

Aloha ~~~ Ozzie Maland ~~~ San Diego

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CDB - 30 Dec 2006 13:11 GMT

> Hello:
>
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>
> Seems to me similar to "for the long haul," thus "long term."

Maybe. The idiom is "*the* long haul", and I would expect anyone
using a variant with "pull" to keep the definite article. "A long
pull" at a glass is a long drink; did she go to drown her sorrows?

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Marius Hancu - 30 Dec 2006 13:15 GMT

> > When she did leave him, there wasn't any noise. She went to Florida
> > for a long pull.

> Maybe. The idiom is "*the* long haul", and I would expect anyone
> using a variant with "pull" to keep the definite article. "A long
> pull" at a glass is a long drink; did she go to drown her sorrows?

You mean, going to Florida to drown her sorrows? Perhaps.
But she didn't like drinking, that's for sure.

Thank you both.
Marius Hancu

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gnfr - 30 Dec 2006 16:51 GMT

> Hello:
>
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> Thanks.
> Marius Hancu

I get it as if it was a trip that calls atention............

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She went to Florida for a long pull ...