According to a "Rocky Mountain Jew" webpage, he deliberately intended the punning between the source Yiddish word "shalom" which (roughly) means "peace" and the English use of "piece" as slang for a gun. Not sure if that justifies adding a definition, but if so, then I can't find any way to do that...
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According to a "Rocky Mountain Jew" webpage, he deliberately intended the punning between the source Yiddish word "shalom" which (roughly) means "peace" and the English use of "piece" as slang for a gun. Not sure if that justifies adding a definition, but if so, then I can't find any way to do that...
January 7, 2015