"sweet patootie" slightly antedated to Apr. 13, 1918

[Stephen Goranson]

OED has [July 6, 1918] and Aug 13, 1918.

The Washington times., April 13, 1918, FINAL EDITION, Sporting Page, Image 11 col. 3-4

Get That Cute Mustache?
[then a photo of a man in uniform with a mustache]
Yep, here's our old college friend, John Henry--and get that fringe on his upper lip! Isn't it all to the sweet patootie?....


http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1918-04-13/ed-1/seq-11/;words=sweet+patootie?date1=1886&rows=20&searchType=advanced&proxdistance=5&date2=1918&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=sweet+patootie&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&index=0

Stephen Goranson
www.duke.edu/~goranson

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