hairlip the world

[Sam Clements]

In 1998 at http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19980625  they
say it IS Southern.  Citeable to 1960.  But suggested it goes to the
20's-30's.  Many different versions.

SC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kim & Rima McKinzey" <rkmck at EARTHLINK.NET>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 3:09 AM
Subject: hairlip the world


> Today, my husband uttered an expression I'd never heard.  "I'm gonna
> finish [x] project if it hairlips the world."  When I stared at him,
> he said it was one of his mother's expressions - Oklahoma born and
> bred.
>
> Have any of you heard this?
>
> Rima
>