"Once a Dodger, Always a Dodger" (1934)

[Jonathan Lighter]

"Once a Marine, always a Marine" is frequently quoted by, well, Marines.

Presumably it dates to WW II or Korea, but I can offer no early cites.

JL

Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:
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I wonder if there are earlier cites for "Once a(n) X, always a(n) X".
When I was a young'un, I remember being taught on my professor's knee
"Once a phoneme, always a phoneme". That was after 1934, though.

Larry


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