? 1960-1964 "the whole nine yards" ?

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 02:26:48PM -0400, Stephen Goranson wrote:
> According to Google Books:
>
> Michigan's Voices: A Literary Quarterly & Arts Magazine
> 1960
> More details
> Michigan's Voices: A Literary Quarterly & Arts Magazine
> Published 1960
> Item notes: v. 2
> Original from the University of California
> Digitized Jan 5, 2008
> Page 41
> ... real civilized living in the modern urban home - then the dog would
> catch on and go ki-yi-yi-ing from one to the other of the shouting
> pyjama clad participants - mad, mad, mad, the consequence of house, home,
> kids, respectability, status as a college professor and the whole nine
> yards, as a brush salesman who came by the house was fond of saying, ...

According to the University of Michigan catalog, Volume 2 of
this journal covers 1961-1962. Could be a real find here....

http://mirlyn.lib.umich.edu/F/ARHFQ8BH62XTKBNBIDCI1UC7MRLUAXT328MSC3HDF52UUI8N3A-32504?func=item-global&doc_library=MIU01&doc_number=003256251&year=&volume=&sub_library=BENT

Anyone have access?

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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