Wednesday, December 3, 2008
"dead as a wedge"
Try as I might I've been unable to determine what a "wedge" is in the term "dead as a wedge." I've exhausted, to the best of my knowledge and ability, the etymology of wedge and find no references that make sense in this particular term. Viz. http://www.literaturepage.com/search.php?textsearch=dead+as+a+wedge&titleid=tomsawyer&startsearch=Search for probably the most well known citation of the term. Google "dead as a wedge" for a myriad of citations, both contemporary and from the 19th Century to date. Citations I have, an answer I have not. I welcome comments and suggestions. -jcw- scripsit
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http://www.literaturepage.com/search.php?titlesearch=&textsearch=dead+as+a+wedge&searchin=Mark+Twain&startsearch=Search
Above is correct complete URL truncated, I do not know why, in the body of this blog entry. -jcw-
http://www.literaturepage.com/search
.php?titlesearch=&textsearch=dead+as+
a+wedge&searchin=Mark+Twain&startsear
ch=Search
Hmmm. Maybe if you'll COPY and PASTE the above it'll work. Clearly I find this editor less than intuitive.
-jcw-
Nope. Go to http://www.literaturepage.com and search for "dead as a wedge" by author Mark Twain. -jcw-
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