[Ads-l] antedating "close but no cigar"

Peter Morris peter_morris_1 at BLUEYONDER.CO.UK
Tue Aug 25 20:56:56 UTC 2015


Okay, thanks for the reply. Thought I had a new cite there, but apparently not.  I wonder if there's a phrase to describe that feeling.

Still, I'll keep searching.

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