antedatings

[Sam Clements]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mullins, Bill" <Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 6:19 PM
Subject: antedatings


> "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?"

HDAS has 1889 for "bay window" as a big belly.

SC