Query: "file 13" (throw sth. away)

[James Smith]

"Round file", meaning the waste basket, is the
expression I'm familiar with.  I don't recall ever
hearing "file 13" or "file under G".


--- "Cohen, Gerald Leonard" <gcohen at UMR.EDU> wrote:

>     Today a secretary asked me if I know the origin
> of "file 13" or "file (sth.) in 13,"
> meaning to throw sth. away. I had never heard this
> expression and asked her for an example. She said
> that if she got sth. of no importance, she might
> say, "Oh, I'll file this in 13," i.e., toss it in
> the waste-basket. Years ago I heard a similar
> expression: "I'll file it under G" (for garbage).
>
>     Has anyone heard of "file 13" or "file it in
> 13"? And would anyone know why "13" was chosen and
> not, say, 12?
>
>     Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> Gerald Cohen
>


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