antedatings

[Mullins, Bill]

"make it snappy"

OED has 1926 for the phrase.

>From the comic strip "Jerry on the Job", 1-14-1921:
"Hey Jerry -- Come Arunnin' -- Make it Snappy -- and take the filling out of
these waste baskets."
online at: http://www.lileks.com/comics/jerry/6.html

"ankle" (v, meaning to walk)  6-21-1921, OED has 1926
"I guess I'll ankle over and take the matter up with him"
online at: http://www.lileks.com/comics/jerry/10.html

"puppy blankets" 1929, not in OED -- means spats and socks -- from "dogs"
for feet?
[in a for sale sign in a comic strip] "Puppy blankets ala Spats 3 for 5¢
each"
http://www.lileks.com/comics/postjer/2.html


"bay window" -- slang for fat belly -- not in OED
from advert in _Laff_ magazine, Oct 1952 (stag magazine)
"Does a bulging "bay window" make you look and feel years older than you
really are?"
http://www.lileks.com/institute/stagworld/laff1002/5.html

"speedway" OED 1925 "A racing track for motor vehicles"
from comic strip "And Her Name Was Maud" 8-7-1904
"Automobile Speedway" on a sign in the second and later panels
http://cartoons.osu.edu/newspaper_artists/opper/speedway100.jpg