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From: wendy.joint@free.fr (wendyj)
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Subject: Re: On the tin [An Idiom A Day #1]
Date: 25 Dec 2003 06:19:07 -0800
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I think this phrase almost certainly originated from the TV advert for
a varnish, which '.... does exactly what it says on the tin..........'
I did not realize it had actaully passed into common usuage, but I
suppose the ad must have been round for a couple of years.
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