"[T]he entire nine yards" [3/62]; possible a couple earlier ones

[Bonnie Taylor-Blake]

On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 7:59 PM, Baker, John <JBAKER at stradley.com> wrote:

> Yes, the 1956 and 1957 examples are clearly the modern use of the phrase, and the dates appear to check out, although it would be good to have these confirmed in print.  Maybe an email to Kentucky Afield?  Good work, Bonnie!

Thanks, John.  And thanks for the suggestion about emailing Kentucky
Afield.  I was going to write that office anyway to see if I could get
permission to post online a PDF of the page bearing the 1962 sighting,
so I'll tack on that request too.  The trick, I think, will be to
convince staff members there to drop everything they're doing at that
very moment to give us a handing in catching potentially elusive (or
non-existent) sightings from the 1950s.

-- Bonnie

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