Antedating of "Stand Out/Stick Out Like a Sore Thumb"
Fred Shapiro
fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Sat Apr 10 19:32:40 UTC 2004
Evan Kirshenbaum has posted the following antedating for "stand out/stick
out like a sore thumb" (OED 1936) on alt.usage.english:
But, if ever there was an individual whose pure-bred
disinterestedness, whose incomparable generosity, whose
astonishing sacrifice of self, stuck out like a sore thumb, these
attributes have now been evinced, beyond the shadow of a shade of
question, on this exhilarating occasion, through the astounding
liberality of a gentleman, the initals of whose name are Finnyous
Tee Barman!
George P. Burnham. _The History of the Hen Fever. A Humorous
Record_. 1855. Pp 215-216.
Fred Shapiro
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