Antedating of Bazooka(the instrument) 1918

[Grant Barrett]

On Mar 24, 2007, at 21:48, Douglas G. Wilson wrote:
> By analogy with the usual "cleave [someone] to the
> brisket/waist/teeth/etc." I suppose "bazooka" here refers to a body
> part.
> My casual guess would be that it's an alteration of "bosom" (cf.
> "bazooka"
> = "bazoomba" = "bazoom" = "breast"). Any relation to the musical
> instrument's name?

Maybe it's related to "bazooty," meaning "the buttocks" or "the ass."

http://www.dtww.org/index.php/dictionary/bazooty/

Grant Barrett
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