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Twenty three skidoo

Posted by Philip DiGiacomo on October 13, 2004

The origin of this phrase did indeed come from the skirt blowing affect at the southern corner of the Flatiron Building on 23rd street in New York. Lunch time crowds of men waiting to see some exposed thighs were routinely given the "Twenty three skidoo" by the cop on the beat.

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