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The phrase.

"....as far away as Timbuktu."
This is a phrase I've known all my life, but I'm curious as to what it means! Now my daughter wants to know, also. I don't know what to tell her! Help, please!

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I use to tell my mom I was looking forward to her sending me to Timbuktu

basically it just means to send as far away as possible.

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Timbuktu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
You may find this interesting reading.

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You said you were curious to what it meant I told you what it meant
You didn't say you wanted to know the history and origin or I would have found a link

History Channel - UNESCO

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I'm sorry I didn't mean it in a mean way....I wasn't trying to be rude.....
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I know you weren't trying to mean I was just pointing out that if you don't specify then you can expect any kind of answer from a one sentence answer to an elaborated detailed one with links.
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