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The derivation of 'getting down to brass tacks' is uncertain. Nevertheless, it is a phrase that ... Such brass tacks were commonly used in Tudor furniture and long predate the use of the phrase, which would tend to argue against that usage as the origin - why wait hundreds of years and then coin the phrase from that source?
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In Reply to: Getting down to brass tacks posted by susan on March 29, 2000 ... More romantically it is possible that the origin is from the old time drapers' shops. These sold cloth off the roll and by the yard. A yard was actually marked out on the counter with brass tacks. When the deal was concluded and the purchase...
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Brass tacks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brass tacks is an object used in the expression "get down to brass tacks" . The expression usually means clearing out confusing details and finding out the real facts about something. The etymology...
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What is the origin of the phrase "Like grease through a goose" by bb62kretz 8 months ago | 1 person likes this ... The Dictionary of Popular Phrases says: "Let's get down to the (real) nitty-gritty". Idiom. Meaning, 'let's get down to the real basics of a problem or situation' (like getting down to brass tacks).
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Stores that sold cloth used to have two brass tacks exactly 36 inches apart stuck into their counters so they could quickly measure out cloth by the yard. They also had tacks at the 1/3 and 1/2 yard marks. So, when people were ready to buy ...
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ChaCha has the answer to this question: Where does the phrase "get down to brass tacks" have its origins Answer: The figurative expression 'getting down to brass tacks' first known... ...MORE... ... origin of getting down to brass tacks...
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about getting down to brass tacks. getting down to brass tacks. Information about getting down to brass tacks in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. ... getting down to brass tacks; Getting Down to Facts; Getting dressed; getting ducks in a row; getting ducks in a row; getting ducks in a row;
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A lot of designers may be making green claims, but one new furniture company is getting down to brass tacks-or rather high-recycled-content metal tacks. ... A lot of designers may be making green claims, but one new furniture company is getting down to brass tacks-or rather high-recycled-content metal tacks.
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Another theory traces the phrase to the brass tacks used in 19th century furniture manufacture. In this scenario, "getting down to brass tacks" would mean judging the basic soundness of a chair, for instance, ... I find this hard to believe as he died in the late 1920s and it seems to me that this word is of older origin.
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