David Bowie's "Suffragettte City" (Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am)

[Fred Shapiro]

On Tue, 22 Oct 2002 Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:

> This is David Bowie's "Suffragette City."  Sorry if the lyrics appear
> smushed:

Thanks, but I already knew about the Bowie lyrics.  I guess I should have
framed my question more precisely: is there any evidence of pre-Bowie
usage?  I'm guessing the phrase was around before this.

Fred Shapiro


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