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It’s the Pits (The Lewiston Sun Journal)

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A favorite volume at our house is the Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins. In it are the histories of phrases like “cool as a cucumber,” “nosy Parker,” and many, many others. Among these are “it’s the pits.” This phrase, our good book says, has noth…

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It’s the Pits (The Lewiston Sun Journal)

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