"knows where the bodies are buried" (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE




The June update for the OED discussed movies as a source of citations,
and said that the script for "Citizen Kane" was the first known use of
the phrase "knows where the bodies are buried."



New Castle News | New Castle, Pennsylvania | Friday, November 07, 1930 |
Page 25 col 4


"A grave digger usually has a lot of influence. He knows where all the
bodies are buried."



Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

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