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by Rusty Deb on June 1st, 2007

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What does the phrase, "I love you a bushel, a peck and a gun" mean? My dad said it to me when I was a child.

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  • by migarce on June 1st, 2007

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    Probably it is an old phrase when those items were scarce for people and hence precious, like you were to your dad.

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