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In like Flynn
Slang phrase
For the film, see In Like Flynn (film). For the Tangled: The Series episode, see In Like Flynn (Tangled: The Series).
Not to be confused with In Like Flint.
"In like Flynn" is a slangphrase meaning "having quickly or easily achieved a goal or gained access as desired."
Origins
Edward J.
Flynn
Etymologist Eric Partridge presents evidence that it refers to Edward J. Flynn (most prominent c. 1922 - 1943), a New York Citypolitical boss who became a campaign manager for the Democratic party during Franklin Delano Roosevelt's presidency.
What did errol flynn die fromBoss Flynn's "Democratic Party machine exercised absolute political control over the Bronx.... The candidates he backed were almost automatically 'in'."[1]
Other possible popularizations (1930-1942)
In Australia, the 1932 Ion Idriess biographical novel Flynn of the Inland about John Flynn & the Royal Flying Doctor Service, may add to the list of possible associations with the expression.
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