Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!brl-tgr!wmartin From: wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Meaning of "kangaroo sale" Message-ID: <5375@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Thu, 18-Oct-84 10:42:44 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.5375 Posted: Thu Oct 18 10:42:44 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 19-Oct-84 02:03:39 EDT Distribution: net Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 10 The following line is from a car-for-sale posting in net.auto: > Kangaroo sale at $3700. I have never seen nor heard of the term "Kangaroo sale"; is it related to the term "kangaroo court" (meaning a vigilante trial)? Or what? Will Martin USENET: seismo!brl-bmd!wmartin or ARPA/MILNET: wmartin@almsa-1.ARPA