Hero sandwich (Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1947); F-cktionary

[Barnhart]

Bapopik at AOL.COM,Net writes:
>(There it is, but I'm still somewhat puzzled. THE SHIPWORKER got larger
>in late 1946, but still, why didn't I find "hero" before this?  And why
>not a photo, or another cite?  Why, when I visited Brooklyn College,
>did I find "hero" much later?  Why is it also much later in the
>Brooklyn phonebooks?--ed.)

By the same token, I wonder why _jerky_ [< Quechua _ch'arki_] appears
in print so late as 1848 when _jerk_ (both v. and n.) appear at 1707
and 1799 respectively.

Regards,
David

barnhart at highlands.com