Klarinet Archive - Posting 000141.txt from 2000/09

From: Neil Leupold <leupold_1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Copyright vs improvisation
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 10:08:38 -0400

--- charette@-----.org wrote:

> There's very little cut & dried

What is the origin of this expression? "Cut & dried"?
What was cut & dried, common enough at some point that
it became an oft-used figure of speech? Tobacco?

Neil

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