[PW] ? Cigar Sayings (Quotation Query #637)

[Fred Shapiro]

I neglected to include the Quotation Query number in my last posting, so I 
am re-sending it.

Fred Shapiro



1. Close, But No Cigar

Can anyone refer me to any dictionaries, books, articles, or websites that have 
any kind of discussion of the derivation of this expression?

2. Other Cigar Sayings

I would be interested in suggestions of other quotations, sayings or phrases 
related to cigars.  I know, of course, about the Freud quote, the Groucho Marx 
line about taking his cigar out of his mouth once in a while, the Kipling 
quote, the Mark Twain quote about smoking only one cigar at a time, and the 
quote, supposedly originated by Thomas Marshall, about a good 5 cent cigar.

Fred Shapiro


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