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Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
21-Nov-13 - 02:15 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Great Divide Metaphor
Subject: RE: Folklore: Great Divide Metaphor

Earliest quote I found (Lighter, Historical Dictionary of American Slang) is about elimination of a disliked governor- we will send him across the great divide. 1872.