[Ads-l] "Full Nine Yards" from 1894

[Wilson Gray]

On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 4:20 PM, Baker, John <JBAKER at stradley.com> wrote:

> this does not appear to be a literal use of "nine yards."


Youneverknow.

Besides, that this may be a possible *literal* use is far more interesting
than yet another early instance of the derived use, wouldn't you say?
-- 
-Wilson
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