NOTHING DOING



Both the RHHDAS and Christine Ammer's DICTIONARY OF IDIOMS give the OEDS

1910 citation for "nothing doing."

This is from SPORTING LIFE, 14 October 1905, pg. 17, col. 3:



"NOTHING DOING"

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AT THE NATIONAL BOARD'S CIN-

CINNATI MEETING.

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Owing to the Absence of Witnesses

In the Griffith Case the Hearing

Is Put Over to October 14, When

It will Go on in New York City.



On 9 December 1905, pg. 14, col. 1, SPORTING LIFE ran a "SOMETHING DOING"

headline. "Nothing doing" and "something doing" were also present in various

stories at this time, both referring to these league meetings.



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