Hamberger steak (1889); Life of Reilly (1896?), Life of Riley (1911)

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On 7/7/07, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> HDAS has no "life of riley/ reilly" before 1918, so 1911 is a real find.

Indeed, but Fred Shapiro first posted the cite last year:

http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0611C&L=ADS-L&P=R4825


--Ben Zimmer


> _BULLET ENDS LIFE OF FAMOUS WILD COW_=20
> (http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/759443232.html?dids=3D759443232:=
> 759443232&FMT=3DABS&FMTS=3DABS:AI&date=3DDec+06,+
> 1911&author=3DSpecial+to+The+Courant&pub=3DThe+Hartford+Courant&desc=3DBULLE=
> T+ENDS+L
> IFE+OF+FAMOUS+WILD+COW&pqatl=3Dgoogle)=20
> Pay-Per-View - Hartford Courant - ProQuest Archiver - Dec 6, 1911 Afte=
> r=20
> "living The LIFE OF Riley" for over a Year, successfully evading The =20
> pitchforks and The bullets OF The Farmers, whose fields she ravaged in all=20=
> four ...=20
> =20

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