Smarty Pants (1937); Cold hands, Warm Heart/Dirty Feet, No Sweetheart

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SMARTY PANTS

   A Smarty won the Kentucky Derby and I've been thinking about this.  OED has 1941 for the "pants."  HDAS?


(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
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Illustrated I"y Robert Pilgrim.. The Washington Post (1877-1954). Washington, D.C.: Feb 7, 1937. p. PY7 (1 page):
   Cal him "hot shot," "big britches," "smarty pants" or even "Fools" until he gets so serious he doesn't know which goal is which.

'Rowdy' for 'Fido' Marks New Descriptive Dog Name Trend; Steve Early Still Calls His Pet 'Pooch,' But 'Smarty Pants,' 'Sleepy' and 'Spunkie' Are the Fashion, Registrations Show
The Washington Post (1877-1954). Washington, D.C.: Jul 18, 1939. p. 26 (1 page):
   Others are "Smarty Pants," for the pet which shares 606 Farragut street northwest with Dora Flap,...


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Mansfield News Journal -  5/1/1937
...price J Incidentally, where i? the SMARTY-PANTS who asked last fall 'what the..
Mansfield,  Ohio     Saturday, May 01, 1937   741 k

Mansfield News Journal -  10/5/1938
...to kidnap Angel Child and show him what a SMARTY PANTS he has become. Which hurts..
Mansfield,  Ohio     Wednesday, October 05, 1938   787 k

Mansfield News Journal -  11/1/1938
...Off which current slang has so aptly dubbed SMARTY PANTS. There is nothing new' about.....common garden variety of Swell Heads, the SMARTY PANTS is not happily content with.....too remote to serve as a target for the SMARTY PANTS? spleen. To the uttermost.....Big Chief Spit-inYour-Eye. Yea, man the SMARTY PANTS is certainly plenty potent..
Mansfield,  Ohio     Tuesday, November 01, 1938   812 k

Mansfield News Journal -  1/12/1939
...re the Real And Heaven forgive us Alarm SMARTY-PANTS (Copyright. 1939) quiet brawls..
Mansfield,  Ohio     Thursday, January 12, 1939   859 k

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COLD HANDS, WARM HEART
DIRTY FEET, NO SWEETHEART

DIRTY FEET + NO SWEETHEART--6 Google hits, 7 Google Groups hits

   I couldn't find the second half of this.  The first half is very old.


(AMERICAN PERIODICAL SERIES)
ON THE ORIGIN OF SHAKING HANDS.
Atkinson's Casket (1831-1839). Philadelphia: Aug 1838. p. 384 (1 page) :
   Moreover, the proverb declares that a cold hand betokeneth a warm heart; and the converse is equally true.

The Cabinet of Kisses.
Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion (1844-1858). Philadelphia: Apr 1858. Vol. VOL. LII., Iss. No. 4.; p. 357 (3 pages)
Third page:  The saying, "a cold hand denotes a warm heart," is true, and founded in nature.



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