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Subject: Re: Pushkin
Author: Jim young   (guest, 213.249.129.2)
Date: March 27, 2006 at 3:17:35 PM
Reply to: Pushkin by Mar
Russian, it means a descendant of someone nicknamed Pushka, "cannon". The nickname is said to be for a noisy person.

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