Is it true that the expression "catch my drift " comes from the blizzard of 1888? The drifts were so high that store owners put signs on top of drifts so customers could locate their businesses.
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1849: https://books.google.com/books?id=a4RHAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA728&dq=%22catch+my+drift%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwinlcbFn6bsAhUWJjQIHYx4AaQ4FBDoATAHegQIBxAC – Hot Licks Oct 09 '20 at 00:27
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2Does this answer your question? Meaning and origin of "if you catch my drift" – livresque Oct 09 '20 at 00:48