Antedating of "Bangs"
Fred Shapiro
fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Sun Mar 26 03:55:20 UTC 2006
This may be a further antedating of hair "bang":
1876 _Saturday Evening Post_ 1 Apr. 8 (American Periodical Series) With
her heart in a flutter and her hair in a "bang," she answered his well
known ringt, and led the way into the parlor.
Fred Shapiro
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