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Where did this come from?

Posted by ESC on January 28, 2000

In Reply to: Where did this come from? posted by Jude on January 27, 2000

: Where did the phrase "With bells on" come from????

We had a discussion some time back about the expression promising to be somewhere "with bells on." I couldn't find the discussion in the archives and couldn't find the reference in my books. It seems to me we decided it had to do with sleigh bells on horses. Keep checking back on Phrase Finder. Some of the other guys may remember in more detail.

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