“A fur piece” nghĩa là gì?

“A fur piece” -> nghĩa là khoảng cách xa tầm 2-3 dặm.

Ví dụ

Fans are willing to drive "a fur piece" to get to rock in the rockers and enjoy the spectacular view of the lovely Sequatchie Valley, take in the ever-interesting petting zoo, examine the latest additions to the collection of dozens of cookie jars, then dig in on the delicious home cooking.

There was a time when you could take a trip to the mountains and hear the elements of our Scotch-Irish heritage in that nasal mountain twang. Folks used to say things like, “We’uns” and “You’uns” A fur piece was a measurement of distance. “He lives a fur piece down that road.”

The author said his earliest impressions of the Magnolia State formed when he was an English schoolboy reading William Faulkner’s “As I Lay Dying” and “Light in August.” He remembered he and fellow students trying to understand the phrase, “a fur piece.” “What does this mean? It’s obviously a measure of distance of some kind,” he told about 250 listeners at the library. “What does it have to do with a piece of fur?”

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