Dating of "mud flap"?

[Joel S. Berson]

Sorry, Bill.  I meant the first use as "some part of a fat woman's
anatomy".  (I don't know whether this is used only in reference to black
women; the photograph with the Phoenix item is ambiguous.)

Joel

At 7/12/2005 01:19 AM, you wrote:
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>Subject:      Re: Dating of "mud flap"?
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>On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 10:13:58PM -0400, Joel S. Berson wrote:
> > When does "mud flap" date from?
> >
> > The Phoenix [Boston] July 8-14. 2005, 5/5
> >
> > BIG BURLESQUE'S FAT BOTTOM REVUE Talk about mud flaps, these girls =
>have got
> > 'em: San Francisco's "plush and plus-sized burlesque" troupe teams up =
>with
> > Northampton's Femmetastic Females, Boston's Black Cat Burlesque, BCB
> > wrasslin' offshoot La Gata Negra, the Phat Fly Girls, and others for =
>an
> > evening of Rubens-esque ribaldry.
>
>It sounds like the author is using the phrase as a euphemism for some =
>part of a large black woman's anatomy. =20
>
>Are you asking about the first use of the euphemism, or the first use of =
>the term to describe the devices that go behind the rear wheels of a =
>vehicle?
>
>LATEST CUSTOMS RULINGS.
>New York Times; Mar 14, 1915; pg. XX12 col4.
>"The Mead Cycle Company and others, Chicago, protested the Collector's =
>classification on cycle lamps, pump clips, celluloid and metal bicycle =
>pumps, push bells, tool bags, and mud flaps.  They were returned for =
>duty under the Tariff act at 25 per cent, ad valorem, as "parts of =
>bicycles." "