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The Verified Answer for Bad material for a silk purse, proverbially is:
- SOWSEAR
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Hint 1: Clue Explanation
▼I often wonder how old sayings like the one in this puzzle are holding up when I see them: A “Bad material for a silk purse, proverbially,” is a SOWS EAR. Does everyone still recognize the saying “You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear?” I don’t think I’ve ever used it, and it was categorized as a fossil in a “On Language” column that appeared in The Times back in 1995. (The column itself might be considered a fossil today.) The idiom goes back at least to 1579, so perhaps it’s colorful enough to survive another couple of centuries.