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" the whole nine yards"......
Gentlemen.....hope you're all keeping well. During my time in this hobby, the phrase "the whole nine yards", I was told, was attributed to the armies on the ground and a "Vickers Machine Gun". The belt was/is nine yards long and when they said "they gave him the whole nine yards" it meant they shot out the entire belt of ammo (250) at the enemy. A friend of mine who is recently back from Halifax and the wonderful Citadel Museum, claims that the staff member attributes the phrase to the air force. Any comments from the audience.
Cheers....Robert |
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