[bksvol-discuss] Re: Proofreading Software

  • From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 23:03:30 -0500

I have only heard it in terms of basketball and  three point shots.  Not sure 
how that fits into police stories, though, unless it is in their off time...

Valerie


On Mar 23, 2010, at 10:28 PM, Mike wrote:

> Does anyone know what "rackin' threes" means?  It is probably police jargon 
> if that helps any.  The book I am proofing has it.  Part way through the 
> book, many words that begin with the letter r have the space before them and 
> the r removed.  So I thought it was probably one of these errors, but wasn't 
> sure.  To see if it was a real phrase (and what it might mean), I put it into 
> google with quotes around it.  The single item returned (and I don't know if 
> I've ever gotten only a single item returned from google before) was the line 
> from the book on books.google.com
> 
> So, I know the phrase is in the book as I thought, but I still haven't a clue 
> what it means.
> 
> Misha
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