Elbow grease

Posted by Larry Holland on March 13, 2001

Hi folks,

When I was a kid, my dad used to encourage me to work a little harder by saying..."use a little elbow grease." I've tried to find the derivation of that phrase, with no luck.

Any help greatly appreciated.

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