Close but No Cigar (song) definition

Close but No Cigar (song)

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Etymology

From the practice of giving cigars as prizes at carnivals in the US in the 19th century; this phrase would be said to those who failed to win a prize.

Idiom

close, but no cigar

that's almost correct, but not quite