[PW] Re: Cigar Sayings

[Shari Haber]

Fred-

A discussion of "close, but no cigar" appeared in two volumes of the old RQ: Reference Quarterly magazine (now Reference and User Services). It appeared on page 271 of vol. 23 and on page 16 of vol. 24. (I haven't had time to go downstairs and dredge up the film on these issues, but vol. 23 may just have the question, and vol. 24 a possible answer. I can look later if you need me to.)

As for another quote:

   "A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a 
    Smoke." Rudyard Kipling, from The Betrothed.

Shari Haber 
MCLS Reference Center 
shaber at mcls.org 







----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Shapiro" <fred.shapiro at yale.edu>
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Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 7:33 AM
Subject: [PW] Cigar Sayings


> 
> 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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