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play in Peoria

To receive widespread acceptance among members of the general American public.

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  • The idiomatic sense is reported to have originated in vaudeville performances in the early 1900s.
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We must constantly ask ourselves whether our analysis will play in Peoria.

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Submitted on July 10, 2018

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