scam

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Fri, 8 Jul 2005 17:26:57 -0500, Mullins, Bill
<Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL> wrote:

>> Rare indeed. In fact, this is the only ex. I know of, and
>> predates the post 1968 popularity of "scam" meaning "to
>> obtain by deceit."
>
>I wonder how much faith to put into the IMSDB -- are quotes accurate?
>Was the original line "you scan a car up there?"  which would be much
>clearer.

Yeah, it's probably just a scamming error.



--Ben Zimmer