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The Whole Nine Yards
Perhaps the most popular explanation isthat nine yards equated to the length ofa belt of ammo for a machine gun on a WWII fighter plane. So, giving somebodythe "whole nine yards" would mean you'd fired all your ammunition at them.
"Skot" was an old Nordic word for tax. The word found its way into English, but was spelled "Scot".