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

[Bonnie Taylor-Blake]

For the next two weeks, a PDF of the March, 1962 sighting of "the
entire nine yards" in *Kentucky Happy Hunting Ground* will be
available at the following URL.  (Me, I think it's important to see
the use of the expression in context.)

http://www.med.unc.edu/uploads/wskvr.march1962.pdf

I have received permission from the editorial offices of *Kentucky
Afield* (part of the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife
Resources) to share these images and to post them online.

-- Bonnie

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