Safire: 'It's A Wrap'

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 06:47:55 -0500, Benjamin Zimmer
<bgzimmer at RCI.RUTGERS.EDU> wrote:

>Regardless of the Lawrence quote, cites are readily available for the
>'finishing' sense of "wrap up" before 1926, in both the worlds of film and
>sport.  Jesse Sheidlower came across this entry in a film glossary in the
>L.A. Times:
>
>-----
>1925 Los Angeles Times 29 Nov. II6/2 _Wrap 'em up,_ dismantling and
>packing of the cameras.
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Credit where credit is due: Barry Popik transcribed the full glossary in a
Sep. 2003 post...

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--Ben Zimmer