Timeline for Meaning and usage of the phrase "in the first place "
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| Apr 7, 2016 at 17:22 | comment | added | J.R.♦ | I think B would be better off saying, "First, I don't have a wife. Secondly, my poker hasn't left the hearth..." Moreover, I don't think the second meaning from dictionary.com is used all that often; that would explain the relatively large drop-off in this Ngram. | |
| Apr 7, 2016 at 15:33 | history | answered | zondo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |