FW: [ADS-L] dog and pony show (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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> From: Michael Quinion [mailto:wordseditor at worldwidewords.org]
>
> Bill Mullins wrote
>
> > "Dog and Pony show" n. literal; OED sense 1. OED has 1914
> >
> > _Atchison Daily Globe_ Oct 19 1885 p 3 col 1
> > "Prof. Morris' dog and pony show, is billed in Atchison for
Wednesday
> > night."
>
> Did you mean to type 19 October? I've found the quotation, also on
page
> 3/1, from 9 October.
>
>


I stand corrected. Thanks!



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