Antedatings in the Yale Book of Quotations -- 15 : Kiss of Death

[Fred Shapiro]

kiss of death (OED 1948)

1926 Alfred E. Smith in N.Y. Times_ 25 Oct. 1 (ProQuest Historical
Newspapers)  These rumors have sealed his [Congressman Mills's] doom
without New York City's vote.  And the crowning climax to the whole
situation is the undisputed fact that William Randolph Hearst gave him the
kiss of death.

Fred Shapiro


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