"Red hat, no drawers."

[Jonathan Lighter]

Have heard both.   Cf. (from _The Maltese Falcon_) "The cheaper the crook, the flashier the patter."

JL

"Rex W. Stocklin" <stocklin at EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:
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At 5:06 PM -0800 3/29/05, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

>The former should not be confused with the Texas aphorism, "Big hat,
>no cattle."

Excuse the butt-in, but I think the phrase is "All hat and no cattle"



That dawg won't hunt,
Rex Stocklin
Fishers, IN


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