I think it's like the game Euchre, and a Michigan Bower ( 9 of
Clubs).......Jeff
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On Tuesday, July 2, 2002, at 05:42 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
>
> On 02/07/02 13:42, "Eric L. Strobel" <fyzycyst_at_comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Unless I missed it, I've not seen an explanation of just why the word
>> "michigan" gets applied to mean 'all-dressed' or 'with the works'.
>
> I don't know where it's coming from, but I've always heard a "Michigan"
> being some kind of "all-dressed" hot-dog, AFAIR...
>
> -Laurent.
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