"pickle-puss"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Thanks, Sam.

JL

Sam Clements <SClements at NEO.RR.COM> wrote:
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A quick search of Newspaperarchive turns up a comic strip useage from 1938.
I went no further.

Jon, surely Oxford can afford to give you a paid subscription to
Newspaperarchive.

Times are tough in business, but this is rediculous.

Sam Clements

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Lighter"
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Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 7:37 PM
Subject: "pickle-puss"


> OED lacks an entry for "pickle-puss," but HDAS III will have it, natch.
>
> Can anybody beat 1941 for "pickle-puss"?
>
> JL
>
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