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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
TIGHTER THAN DICK'S HATBAND.
Submitter comment:
SAID BY MR. FRED MAGGART OF LEBANON, TENNESSEE IN FALL 1970
TO DESCRIBE THE TIGHT MONEY SITUATION. MR. MAGGART WAS
PRESIDENT OF THE LEBANON BANK, LEBANON, TENNESSEE. HE DID
NOT KNOW ANYMORE ABOUT THE EXPRESSION EXCEPT HE HAD HEARD
AND USED IT ALL HIS LIFE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEBANON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 09-00-1970