"Nobody Shoots at Santa Claus"

[Sam Clements]

Barry posted an item about "phoney"
http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0112E&L=ads-l&P=R665 from
July,1933.  There, Walter Winchell mentions that Al Smith popularized
"baloney."  So he must have said it before July, 1933.

SC
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From: "Fred Shapiro" <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU>
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Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 4:40 PM
Subject: Re: "Nobody Shoots at Santa Claus"


> On Mon, 4 Oct 2004, Jesse Sheidlower wrote:
>
> > I don't find it before 1947, in the Chicago Trib, but I didn't check
> > every possible variant.
>
> Can you check another Smithism -- "no matter how thin you slice it, it's
> still baloney"?  Searching for "thin you slice it" and "still baloney" is
> probably the best search strategy.
>
> Fred Shapiro
>
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