Re: In the nick of time

Posted by ESC on December 25, 2007

In Reply to: In the nick of time posted by Clif Clark on December 25, 2007

: "In the nick of time." What is the origin?

Charles Earle Funk says it is a nick, a groove, etc., used to mark time. See

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