Deadline stock photo. Image of procrastinate, message 41309470
History Of The Word Deadline. Perhaps influenced by earlier use. (n.) time limit, 1920, american english newspaper jargon, from dead (adj.) + line (n.).
Deadline stock photo. Image of procrastinate, message 41309470
Prisoners would be shot for crossing the 'dead line'. (n.) time limit, 1920, american english newspaper jargon, from dead (adj.) + line (n.). Web in the 1860s, a 'dead line' was a line within or around a prison. Perhaps influenced by earlier use.
Perhaps influenced by earlier use. Prisoners would be shot for crossing the 'dead line'. (n.) time limit, 1920, american english newspaper jargon, from dead (adj.) + line (n.). Perhaps influenced by earlier use. Web in the 1860s, a 'dead line' was a line within or around a prison.
