Antedating of "Wellerism"

[Wilson Gray]

"I see," said the blind man, as he picked up his hammer and saw.

-Wilson

On 11/19/06, Fred Shapiro <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:
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> Wellerism (OED 1839)
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> 1838 _Macon Telegraph_ 2 Oct. 2 (America's Historical Newspapers)
> _Professional Wellerisms_ -- You are a wery nice man; tisnt every day we
> see the likes of you, as the heditor said to his subscriber, who called at
> the office to pay his subscription in hadvance.
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> Fred Shapiro
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