"[T]he whole nine-yards" (July, 1956)

[Joel S. Berson]

At 7/26/2012 11:32 AM, Bonnie Taylor-Blake wrote:

>"So that's the whole nine-yards.  The rules are simple.  You'll find
>them and everything you need to know on the inside page of every entry
>blank."

So if this is the original, did the phrase originally mean
"everything", "all you need to know", "the whole caboodle"?

Joel

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