"You Could Look It Up" (1964)

[Fred Shapiro]

On Wed, 11 Apr 2001 Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:

> PRAYER BREAKFAST
>
>    OED has 1966.
>    From the NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, 6 February 1064, pg. 10, col. 1:

Of all Barry's antedatings, this is perhaps the most remarkable.  Who
would have thought "prayer breakfast" could be found in pre-Conquest
newspapers?

Fred


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