[Ads-l] Laid end to end

[mr_peter_morris@outlook.com]

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2025/07/11/end-to-end/

A few more cites

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https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Judge/mmQfNyLUAhcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=cigarettes+ruined+%22were+laid+end+to+end%22&dq=cigarettes+ruined+%22were+laid+end+to+end%22&printsec=frontcover

If all the cigarettes smoked in one year were laid end to end
that a large per- cent of them would be ruined by be- ing
 trampled on

The Judge, circa 1927

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https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Judge/qBpNAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22lot+of+hooch%22+%22were+laid+end+to+end%22&dq=%22lot+of+hooch%22+%22were+laid+end+to+end%22&printsec=frontcover

Of all the college students in the country were laid end to end , it
would take a lot of hooch

The Judge circa 1927

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https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=JEMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA57&dq=%22were+laid+end+to+end%22+surprise&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwigmbbU-7iOAxUvQEEAHU4pDrMQuwV6BAgGEAc#v=onepage&q=%22were%20laid%20end%20to%20end%22%20surprise&f=false

If all the men who were nominated for President at farewell dinners were laid
end to end - and politically they soon are.

The Rotarian, March 1933

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https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Forum/85pGAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22were+laid+end+to+end%22+%22be+surprised%22&dq=%22were+laid+end+to+end%22+%22be+surprised%22&printsec=frontcover

If all my biological experiments were laid end to end ot would make
a positively stupid and practically interminable exhibition

The Forum, circa 1929

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https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Reader_s_Digest/kk9cEj8bl3YC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22if+all+the%22++++girls+%22were+laid+end+to+end%22&dq=%22if+all+the%22++++girls+%22were+laid+end+to+end%22&printsec=frontcover

If all the economists in the world were laid end to end , they would never
reach a conclusion.

Readers Digest circa 1934

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https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Blue_and_Gold/vTrMPzMUMNwC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22if+all+the%22++++girls+%22were+laid+end+to+end%22&dq=%22if+all+the%22++++girls+%22were+laid+end+to+end%22&printsec=frontcover

"If all the garters worn by college men were laid end to end they would stretch."

The Blue and Gold, circa 1926.

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https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Town_Journal/WcN7xjbwEfUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22If+all+the+pedestrians+in+the+United+States+were+laid+end+to+end+,+reckless+drivers+would+have+an+easier+job%22&dq=%22If+all+the+pedestrians+in+the+United+States+were+laid+end+to+end+,+reckless+drivers+would+have+an+easier+job%22&printsec=frontcover

If all the pedestrians in the United States were laid end to end , reckless drivers would have an easier job .

Town Journal, circa 1927

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https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Dodo/Xb3O5O_S7moC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22drunks+that+attend%22&dq=%22drunks+that+attend%22&printsec=frontcover

If all the drunks that attend college dances were laid end to end they would lie there all night

Dodo, possibly 1921

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