<P> The Oxford English Dictionary places the earliest published non-idiomatic use of the phrase in the New Albany Daily Ledger ( New Albany , Indiana , January 30 , 1855 in an article called `` The Judge 's Big Shirt . '' `` What a silly , stupid woman ! I told her to get just enough to make three shirts ; instead of making three , she has put the whole nine yards into one shirt ! '' The first known use of the phrase as an idiom appears in The Mitchell Commercial , a newspaper in the small town of Mitchell , Indiana , in its May 2 , 1907 edition : </P>
<P> The Oxford English Dictionary places the earliest published non-idiomatic use of the phrase in the New Albany Daily Ledger ( New Albany , Indiana , January 30 , 1855 in an article called `` The Judge 's Big Shirt . '' `` What a silly , stupid woman ! I told her to get just enough to make three shirts ; instead of making three , she has put the whole nine yards into one shirt ! '' The first known use of the phrase as an idiom appears in The Mitchell Commercial , a newspaper in the small town of Mitchell , Indiana , in its May 2 , 1907 edition : </P>
where did the saying the whole nine yards come from
where did the saying the whole nine yards come from
first known use of the phrase as an idiom appears in The Mitchell Commercial , a newspaper in the small town of Mitchell , Indiana , in its May 2 , 1907 edition
first known use of the phrase as an idiom appears in The Mitchell Commercial , a newspaper in the small town of Mitchell , Indiana , in its May 2 , 1907 edition