Possible 1933 Date for "All Nine Yards"

[Sam Clements]

Not from a copy, but just by tweaking the cite.

"Up to the moment of writing this paragraph, my clippings from the
horticultural press of America, England , France and Germany on the subject
Meconopsis, laid end to end, measure nine yards, five and two-thirds
inches...."

So, he probably DID say what was posted.  But, he was talking about his file
of clippings on the subject.

Sam Clements
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From: "Baker, John M." <JMB at STRADLEY.COM>
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Subject: Possible 1933 Date for "All Nine Yards"


>        Someone has posted on the Wikipedia discussion page for "The
> whole nine yards":
>
>        "Google books shows this in Another gardener's bed-book (1933
> Lippincott) by Richardson Little Wright:
>
>        By the time I have followed all nine yards of suggestions, I
> expect Meconopsis will be as common around this place as Calendulas or
> Crab- grass."
>
>
>        I see it, in snippet format, on Google Books too.  Does anyone
> have hard copy access to see if this is actually a relevant citation?
>
>
>
> John Baker
>
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