Please help me with slang..

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JCDenton

#466219 Sat, 19 Jan 08 02:37 PM

Hi my englishforums friends,

Can you please help me with this sentence....

Last time I saw her was over a bow of jailhouse stew.

This sentence said a woman an ex-con, about the woman who is missing.

So, please where did she see her? In what part of the jailhouse?

thank you in advance, because I have no idea what does this mean...:-((

Best wishes

JCD

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khoff

#466232 Sat, 19 Jan 08 03:14 PM

I think this should be "over a bowl of jailhouse stew". It means "the last time I saw her, we were eating a meal together in the jail."

It's like "let's discuss this over a cup of coffee." There was a long thread some time ago about this use of "over", if you want to search for it.

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JCDenton

#466235 Sat, 19 Jan 08 03:44 PM

Many thanks!!!!!!! Yes, I will search that thread. Thx for tip.

Have a nice weekend.