Antedatings in The Yale Book of Quotations - 37: Rich Get Richer

Fred Shapiro fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Fri Jun 15 14:19:30 UTC 2007


rich get richer (OED 1936)

1908 _N.Y. Times_ 11 Mar. 1 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)  The rich get
richer and the poor get poorer.

Fred Shapiro


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