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titotitotito | 18:03 Tue 15th Aug 2006 | Phrases & Sayings
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Hi tito,

Possibly from Mark Twain's "The Undertaker's Chat" 1875

(*don't quote me on it, just yet!*)

If anybody else knows different, I will be most interested!!
12:55 Wed 16th Aug 2006
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The phrase 'one-horse town' is first recorded in a publication called Knickerbocker which appeared in the USA in 1855.
16:52 Wed 16th Aug 2006
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Thanks QMster,

I knew someone would come up with the biz !!


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09:11 Thu 17th Aug 2006

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