Labels:text | screenshot | font | black and white | number | black | document OCR: Phrase Craze! Page 21 * Skeleton in the closet: to hide something, generally a deep dark secret of a family. No one is certain how this phrase came about. The first known written form of the phrase was in 1845 in The Oxford English Dictionary. The first time it appeared in any story was in William Makepeace Thackeray when he used it in a story submitted and printed in a magazine called Punch. * Johnny-come-lately: someone who arrives late or someone who is not very experienced, or a newcomer. The usage of this phrase first appeared in 1839 when journalist Charles F. Briggs wrote it in "The Adventures of Harry Franco." It was used originally when identifying a new sailor on board a ship; generally called a Johnny Newcome, it soon was converted to our current phrase of today. * Betting on a ...
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