Cigar Sayings

[Rowan McMullin]

http://thinkexist.com/quotes/with/keyword/cigar/

Not sure about whether these are properly attributed, but in general it
seems an OK listing.

-Rowan

On 1/5/07, Fred Shapiro <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:
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> 1. Close, But No Cigar
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> Is anyone able to supply earlier citations for "close but no cigar" than
> the 1935 example (from the movie "Annie Oakley") given by HDAS?
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> Can anyone refer me to any dictionaries, books, articles, or websites that
> have any kind of discussion of the derivation of this expression?
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> 2. Other Cigar Sayings
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> I would be interested in suggestions of other quotations, sayings or
> phrases related to cigars.  I know, of course, about the Freud quote, the
> Groucho Marx line about taking his cigar out of his mouth once in a while,
> the Kipling quote, the Mark Twain quote about smoking only one cigar at a
> time, and the quote, supposedly originated by Thomas Marshall, about a
> good 5 cent cigar.
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> Fred Shapiro
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