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A "poke" is a sack, so the image is of a concealed item being sold. Starting in the 19th century, this idiom was explained as a confidence trick where a farmer would substitute a cat for a suckling pig when bringing it to market.
Carrollton is located in south central Carroll County at the intersection of US routes 24 and US Route 65.The Missouri River is five miles south of the city. [10]According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.19 square miles (10.85 km 2), of which 4.17 square miles (10.80 km 2) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km 2) is water.
Location of Carroll County in Missouri. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Carroll County, Missouri. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Carroll County, Missouri, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...
The black-and-white photos now line a wall, entertaining customers as they wait in the quick-moving line. ... Rosedale Bar-B-Q’s Flying Pig dinner includes half a barbecue chicken and three ribs ...
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"Zagat names Arthur Bryant's one of the top 10 barbecue meccas". The Pitch. Kansas City, Missouri. Archived from the original on January 7, 2012; Janovy, CJ (September 18, 2008). "In Lee's Summit, Missouri, John McCain and Sarah Palin refute reality". The Pitch. Kansas City, Missouri. Archived from the original on June 23, 2015
Three people were injured and four were pronounced dead from a car crash involving multiple vehicles in Carrollton early Saturday morning, according to the Carrollton Police Department.. Police ...
Pig in a poke is an idiom that refers to a kind of confidence trick. A pig in a poke may also refer to: Pig in a Poke, an Australian TV series; Pig in a Poke, a fictional game show seen in the film National Lampoon's European Vacation "A Pig in a Poke", an episode of the TV series The Worst Witch; A Pig in a Poke, a 1971 novel by Yuri Koval