Smoothies; Vichyssoise

[Joanne M. Despres]

I wasn't able to check the etymology in Dan Titus' _Smoothies_, but I
hope he makes clear that the 1904 date reported in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate
applies not to the drink (sense 3), but to the first entered sense, viz., "a smooth-tongued person."

Joanne M. Despres
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