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    Where do we get the phrase: 'Bit the Dust'?

    Question #19414. Asked by Capt. Hook. (May 27 02 8:04 PM)


    Son of The Household Cavalry

    		According to Brewer's 20th Century Phrase and Fable, the phrase 'another Redskin bit the dust' was derived from Wild West stories. A bit of a whimpish explanation but there you go

    May 27 02, 8:12 PM

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