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Snowflake · 11-28-2007, 10:35 AM

It's in the cultural dictionary, but no history on the phrase.

I expect GD is right, and I'd add, this probably became popular in the 1930's, it seems very slangy, maybe because I've heard it in a million and 1 ganster movies

11-28-2007, 10:35 AM	#9
Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	It's in the cultural dictionary, but no history on the phrase. I expect GD is right, and I'd add, this probably became popular in the 1930's, it seems very slangy, maybe because I've heard it in a million and 1 ganster movies __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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