TANSTAAFL (1949)

[Fred Shapiro]

Barry,

Can you try a search on Newspaperarchive.com for pre-1945 occurrences of
"thing as a free lunch"  (as in "there's no such thing as a free lunch"
and similar phrases)?

Fred Shapiro


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