Thread: BUCKLEY'S CHANCE, or how to anoy your neibors
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Old 27-04-05, 21:45
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The saying, as I recall came from a sort of rhyming slang, deriving from an Aussie store, Buckley's and Nunn, which is why when you have almost no chance, it's Buckley's or none, Buckleys being the nearest thing to none.
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