# "Pin a rose on your/my nose" - origin?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pin-a-rose-on-your-my-nose-origin/238260
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [April 5, 2004, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pin-a-rose-on-your-my-nose-origin/238260 "2004-04-05T00:29:13Z")
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### Author: ![A\_Curious\_Writer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@A\_Curious\_Writer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Curious_Writer)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2004, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pin-a-rose-on-your-my-nose-origin/238260/1 "2004-04-05T00:29:13Z")

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Okay, so some of the catchphrases from “Full Hosue” are very easy,a nd in fact, I dont’ even need to searcht he Internet, to find out what they mean or what the origin is.

But after searching hi and low (up a tree and under a rock :-), I am unable to find out where the term “pin a rose on your/my nose” originated. could they have made it up? Or what?

I posted thsi here since it’s about the phrase itself, not about the show. Thanks.