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Sitting in a Catbird Seat
A person is "sitting pretty" or in a "favored position."
This saying was popularized, at least, in these here parts [Texas], by
a short story entitled "Catbird Seat," which was written by
the well-known American writer of humorous fiction--James Thurber. Thurber,
of "Walter Mitty" fame, gives credit to Red Barber--the down--home
Southern baseball sports announcer for introducing this rural idiom to
the mainstream American public. According to Thurber, the phrase means:
being in an advantageous position
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