poppycock < pappekak (was Re: BULLOCKS - euph/typo/LA pron.?)
Jesse Sheidlower
jester at PANIX.COM
Thu May 5 13:49:34 UTC 2005
On Thu, May 05, 2005 at 01:55:46AM -0400, Benjamin Zimmer wrote:
>
> By the way, I'm sure the next round of OED revisions will include this
> antedating (OED2 has 1865):
>
> -----
> 1852 _New York Times_ 28 Jul. 2/5 "Justice," said the policeman ... "I'm
> blamed if this will do." "Poppycock," answered the Justice, "it's all
> right; sit down and mingle."
> -----
As am I. (With the contemporaneous "New York Daily Times" title.)
JTS
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