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phoenix3110 | 15:09 Thu 15th Feb 2007 | Quotes
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does anyone know where the saying

the whole nine yards

comes from?
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Hi I belive it comes from the lenght of an ammunition belt for a first world war machine gun. To give the whole nine yards would be to fire all bullets

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