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The Whole Nine Yards

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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.

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"Skot" was an old Nordic word for tax. The word found its way into English, but was spelled "Scot".

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