Yikes! (antedating)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

OED has 1971

"Patter," _The Coe College Cosmos_,  Cedar Rapids, IA. 1941-11-19 p. 2
col 3.
"And if you can't think of anything else to be grateful for, just be
thankful you're not a turkey. It can't be too bad, though; they get the
axe and we get the bird. Yikes!"

"Skylarking" by JAMES COPP, _Los Angeles Times_; Jul 5, 1953; sec III,
pg. 10 col 5
"His only comment was, "Yikes -- get in quick! . . . " "


"BETTY'S HARROWING STAY AT THE POUND" by PAT CALLAHAN, 15 Years. _The
Oakland [Calif.] Tribune_, 1953-08-16 p. M-4, col. 5.
" "Bet-Betty, there's your mother."  "Huh? Where? Yikes! Sh-sh, hide the
cat." "

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