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Re: How many octopi does it take?

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Dear WW: I suspect the metaphor "to cotton on" originated in Virginia.

E. Cobham Brewer 1810�1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.

Now have you caught on?

Cotton.

To cotton to a person. To cling to one or take a fancy to a person. To stick to a person as cotton
sticks to our clothes.

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