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"BRASS TACKS -- There are no brass tacks, only brass-headed ones, used because they rust less easily. The American expression, which has been traced back only to 1903, though it may have been common before then, has several possible origins. ... See also: the meaning and origin of 'Get down to brass tacks'.
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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? ... The figurative expression 'getting down to brass tacks' isn't particularly old as phrases go.
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www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/get-down-to-brass-tacks.htm...
www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/get-down-to-brass-tacks.html
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She herself believed that this was the origin of the expression "the whole nine yards." ... No opinions, no made up stories about wedding veils, coal, suits, or brass tacks. Based on discussions with my grandfathers, both World War II veterans, and confirmed by several military sources, here is the definitive answer for...
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www.straightdope.com/columns/read/504/whats-the-origin-...
www.straightdope.com/columns/read/504/whats-the-origin-of-the-whole-nine-yards
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Its origin is not altogether certain, ... It has been said that it refers to cleaning the hull of a wooden ship, scraping off weed and barnacles until the bolts that held its hull together (the brass tacks of the expression) were exposed. Others point to the brass tacks commonly used in upholstery because they won’t rust...
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The phrase get down to brass tacks is of uncertain etymology. No one knows why it was originally coined, but there are several explanations. What we do know is that the phrase dates to at least the 1860s and that it is American, possibly Texas to be specific, in origin.
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www.wordorigins.org/index.php/brass_tacks/
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Use brass tacks in a Sentence ... See web results for brass tacks ... See images of brass tacks...
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dictionary.reference.com/browse/brass+tacks
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When you tell someone that you want to get down to brass tacks what you are saying is that you would like to talk about the basic facts of a particular situation. In other words, you would like to talk about the essentials. Here are a few e...
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b) The expression could be literally translated “overseership” or “post of oversight.”; 2) The fact that the “post of oversight” is said to be a “work” does not mean it is not also an offi ce. Indeed, most offi ces are works.
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www.brasstacks.org/e-books/Elders%20and%20Deacons.pdf
www.brasstacks.org/e-books/Elders%20and%20Deacons.pdf
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