"pickle-puss"

[Sam Clements]

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From: "Benjamin Zimmer" <bgzimmer at RCI.RUTGERS.EDU>
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Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 10:05 PM
Subject: Re: "pickle-puss"


>I see I've been beaten to the punch, so I'll just add another early form:
>
> -----
> 1936 _Washington Post_ 12 Mar. 16/8 Pickle-Pussed Jock [sc. boxer Jock
> McAvoy] will be a slight favorite in the betting.
> -----
>
> The jocular name in the Mar. '35 _Post_ also appears in a boxing article,
> though not by the same writer ('35 is Bill McCormick, '36 is Jack Miley).
>
> --Ben Zimmer

So, the writers of boxing article listened to Fred Allen on the Radio.  He
had been on the air for about 4-5 years at this point.

sam clements