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By Andrea DenHoed December 28 , 2012New evidence about the origin of the phrase "the whole nine yards" helps etymologists track down "the Bigfoot of word origins".

New evidence about the origin of the phrase "the whole nine yards" helps etymologists track down "the Bigfoot of word origins".