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about... [DOC] [TLE] World Wide Words -- 20 Mar 99 - Linguistics Mailing List [PAR] Mar 20, 1999 ... But "Where does 'the whole nine yards' come from? ... But perhaps our need to 
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Question: The term "The whole" this isn't from football but perhaps from the amount of concrete that fills a truck
Answer: Nine yards