fightback = 'counterattack'

[Jonathan Lighter]

OED maybe has this from 1960, but the 1953 is suspect for being two
unhyphenated words.

JL


On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 1:32 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
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