Goosepimples (1996); Keeping it real

[neil]

on 13/4/05 10:27 pm, Mullins, Bill at Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL wrote:

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> OED has 1889 for  goose pimples.
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> THE GERMAN BED.
> The Washington Post (1877-1954); Jan 28, 1883; ProQuest Historical
> Newspapers The Washington Post (1877 - 1988)
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> "If I tried to cover my shoulders, my feet got so cold that the nails
> nearly dropped off and when I tried to save my toenails my shoulders
> were covered with goose pimples as big as hazel nuts."

and, of course, Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang  immortalised Trent-Henderson's
'Goose Pimples' on 25 October 1927 (Okeh 8544)

--Neil Crawford