Antedating of" fuzz" =policeman(1924)

Arnold M. Zwicky zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU
Sun Jun 5 17:26:36 UTC 2005


On Jun 5, 2005, at 9:58 AM, Sam Clements wrote:

> ...This, of course, doesn't get us any closer to finding the
> origin.  I'm sure it's probably Wolof or Irish.  :)

are we absolutely sure that there were no 17th or 18th century wolof
settlements in ireland?  or irish settlements in west africa?

arnold



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