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Zira | 05:29 Tue 24th Aug 2004 | Phrases & Sayings
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Where did the expression "scraping the bottom of the pickle barrel" come from?
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I'm not sure about 'pickle' barrels specifically, but the general idea started as USA slang in the 1940s in the form: 'scraping the bottom of the bucket'. The 'barrel' version appeared nowhere in print prior to the mid-50s, so presumably the 'pickle' one came in the last 40 years or so - again, I'd imagine, from the US of A.
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