1962 "the whole nine yards"

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
>
> Confirmed Stephen Goranson's find (1962).  I only
> ask in return that someone tell me what the previously earliest find was.

I've reported on Stephen's discovery in my latest Word Routes column:

http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/1783/

I've included a scan of the relevant section (thanks to Joel for
sending a copy!), along with scans of the next two earliest cites.


--Ben Zimmer

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