[Ads-l] "off the cuff" antedated to 1934

[Stephen Goranson]

The previous earliest mentioned was Aug. 16, 1936 (discussed at Language Log and Early Sports and Pop Culture History Blog).

Gene Fowler, Father Goose The Story of Mack Sennett (NY: Covici, Friede, 1934) page 147:
He set up his cameras with showmanlike haste and began shooting extemporaneously-, or, "off the cuff."
http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015003982835;view=1up;seq=161


Stephen Goranson

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