prissy, 1842 (?)

[George Thompson]

Bill Mullins writes:

"When this subject came up, I thought "surely there is an older use around
somewhere", and I went to the MOA site at Cornell.  Good Lord, there were a bunch of women named Prissy."

Presumably short for "Priscilla".

GAT

George A. Thompson
Author of A Documentary History of "The African
Theatre", Northwestern Univ. Pr., 1998.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mullins, Bill" <Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL>
Date: Friday, October 22, 2004 10:10 am
Subject: Re: prissy, 1842 (?)