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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Sorry for chiming in late, but Conrad seems to be using the phrase as Australians used to talk of “humping a swag” (as in swagman, of sheep-stealing fame in the well-known song “Waltzing Matilda”).
A swag was normally a rolled-up blanket, but I can see how the French might refer to the rope (probably distinctive, as it would be knotted in several places to keep the roll together) as the characterising feature—or that Conrad might interpret it that way.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Vwoolf <vwoolf-bounces@lists.osu.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Stuart N. Clarke via Vwoolf<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 22 April 2020 7:02 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vwoolf] Woolf, Conrad, and bosse<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Your PS is true about JR, malheureusement.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">This “corde à noeuds”, could it be what we call a turk’s head knot?:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turk%27s_head_knot" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turk%27s_head_knot">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turk%27s_head_knot</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">One tends to have one of these on the front of a canal boat to protect the prow when you bump into lock gates, etc. I can’t seem to find what I’m searching for close up, but it looks a bit like
a solid version of this:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><img border="0" width="197" height="147" style="width:2.0486in;height:1.5277in" id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.rpqYlc0QP7kq05S8wox_uQAAAA?w=197&h=147&c=7&o=5&dpr=1.25&pid=1.7" alt="Image result for "turk's head knot" on a canal boat"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Various images of boats, some with turk’s heads:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=canal+boats&FORM=HDRSC2" title="https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=canal+boats&FORM=HDRSC2">https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=canal+boats&FORM=HDRSC2</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> Jeremy Hawthorn
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Sent:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> Tuesday, April 21, 2020 9:08 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">To:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> Stuart N. Clarke ;
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Subject:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> Re: [Vwoolf] Woolf, Conrad, and bosse<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Je m'excuse. Mais comme je l'ai écrit au professeur Haberer, il semble que Conrad ait peut-être mal compris l'idiome francais. "L'expression roulé ma bosse aurait vraisemblablement pour origine le monde marin. Une
bosse est une corde à noeuds utilisée par les marins qui étaient réputés pour vagabonder, voyager et voir du pays. Par extension, l'expression s'utilise pour désigner quelqu'un qui a une grande expérience dans un domaine."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Avec mes sincères remerciements à M. Google.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Jeremy H<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">P.S. but if "bosse" in the idiom is a nautical expression meaning a cord with lots of knots, this cannot help at all with Woolf's text, alas.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">On 21.04.2020 21:54, Stuart N. Clarke via Vwoolf wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Vous avez écrasé mon email prochain.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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