Little Old Lady from Pasadena; Frog Suits; No Fuss, No Cuss

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LITTLE OLD LADY FROM PASADENA

   A 1964 song by Jan & Dean, later by the Beach Boys.  Perhaps related to the little old lady in tennis shoes (see SAFIRE'S NEW POLITICAL DICTIONARY).
   From the NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, 20 November 1948, pg. 10, col. 5:

   _From California to Kashmir_
_Tale of an Adventurous Old Lady, Two Fortune Tellers, and a Lad Named Samdhu_
   By Marageret Parton
(...)   NOW this little old lady, so the story goes, lived in the City of Pasadena...

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FROG SUITS

   Not in the OED?
   From THIS WEEK, the NYHT, 15 November 1948, pg. 18, col. 1:

(PHOTO CAPTION)  NAVY demolition men don "frog suits" for icy swims

(ARTICLE)  The "devil man" at left is one of Admiral Byrd's crew, testing the Navy's new "frog suit" which underwater demolition swimmers will wear to invade enemy waters.

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NO FUSS, NO CUSS

   I remember use it as "no fuss, no muss."  Clementine Paddleford describes it in the NYHT, 12 November 1948, pg. 19, col. 1:

   No fuss, no cuss.



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