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It sounds like the term didn't come into popular use until after the 1950s
In Response To: The use of that reference just wasn't contemporaneous? ()
That would make it unlikely to refer to sailing ships from the 1700s. So much for my theory.
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- "The whole nine yards."
- Just saw a special....
- Interesting... as the other explanations don't seem to work...
- Snopes' pooh-poohs
- I've always thought is was a sailing reference
- The use of that reference just wasn't contemporaneous?
- It sounds like the term didn't come into popular use until after the 1950s
- Don't think so..
- The use of that reference just wasn't contemporaneous?
- Just saw a special....
