megilla

[Jonathan Lighter]

HDAS 1956.  But surely a little older than that - in English.

JL

On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 2:52 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com>
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> > the phrase "the whole magilla"
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> IME, the phrase is older than the lame cartoon gorilla.
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