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curprev 00:0300:03, 15 November 2022 174.131.23.109 talk 44,904 bytes +136‎ Used by American fighter pilots in WWII. When they returned to base with all their ammo gone, they used “ the whole nine yards”. undo Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit

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curprev 16:4716:47, 11 April 2018 SineBot talk contribs m 44,253 bytes +283‎ Signing comment by 98.212.248.48 - "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 ... undo
curprev 16:4616:46, 11 April 2018 98.212.248.48 talk 43,970 bytes +574‎ 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 undo

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