antedating of "pearl diver=dishwasher"

Jesse Sheidlower jester at PANIX.COM
Sun Jul 2 23:23:59 UTC 2006


On Sun, Jul 02, 2006 at 07:15:31PM -0400, Sam Clements wrote:
> OED has 1913.
>
> _Boston Daily Globe_ 10 March 1907  pg.64  (from ProQuest)

(It's actually the _Boston Sunday Globe_.)

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Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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