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

[Laurence Horn]

> On Aug 25, 2015, at 4:56 PM, Peter Morris <peter_morris_1 at BLUEYONDER.CO.UK> wrote:
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> 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.

deja lu?*     

LH

*please supply missing accents
> 
> Still, I'll keep searching.
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