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11 April 2018
- 16:4616:46, 11 April 2018 diff hist +574 Talk:The whole nine yards I believe the origin of the phrase, “the whole nine yards” came from the crew of the B-17 bombers of WWII when they would say, “give them the whole nine yards” as it represented the length of the 50 Cal belt that fed their machine-guns, which is 27ft long, a la, nine yards. Generally, one would shoot such a gun in short burst, rather than running it full out in one burst. So, to say the whole nine yards was kind of a desperate action to take. In other words, “get that SOB!” You can follow up on
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