Show g how IJ OW IT 1 D 0 I 1 by JEAN NEWTON LK why do we say that a person Is hidebound hide bound S A synonym for narrow minded aed AS the expression hidebound hide bide bound has been popular for over three hundred years although it no doubt has been in use for a much louiser period the term comes to us from the world of agriculture where it Is a reference to cattle who are so badly nourished that their skin Is seemingly glued to their bones one of the earliest recorded uses of the word hidebound hide bound in its present sense Is in the work entitled return from parnassus which was published in the year agog C bell bel syndicate se |