28 Half of a 1960s folk rock group : PAPAS So, something that was uniform and of consistent quality came to be described as “neat as a pin”.
Mass-produced pins were uniform and of consistent quality. Up until that time, pins were handmade and so were irregular and relatively flawed. 24 Neat analogy? : AS A PINĪpparently, the idiom “neat as a pin” arose in the early 1800s, with the advent of mass production. It is a shortened form of “disrespect” or “dismiss”. “Dis” (also “diss”) is a slang term meaning “insult” that originated in the eighties. 20 “A,” on a timeline : ANNOĪnno (plural “anni”) is the Latin for “year”. The AAA was founded in 1902 in Chicago and published the first of its celebrated hotel guides back in 1917. The American Automobile Association (AAA) is a not-for-profit organization focused on lobbying, provision of automobile servicing, and selling of automobile insurance. Loam can also be used in constructing houses as it is quite strong when mixed with straw and dried. Relative to other soil types, loam is usually rich in nutrients and moisture, drains well and is easy to till.
Loam is soil made up of sand, silt and clay in the ratio of about 40-40-20. 14 Like soil that combines sand, silt and clay : LOAMY His term as mayor was a rough one, as the main focus back then was staving off bankruptcy for the city. Beame was actually born in London, England but grew up in New York.
Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies AcrossĪbraham Beame was mayor of New York City from 1974-1977.
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