"Right Stuff" Not in OED

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 12:41:43PM -0400, Fred Shapiro wrote:
> I am surprised that _right stuff_ in its Wolfeian sense is not included in
> the OED.  Jesse or Ben, can you tell us whether an entry for this is being
> drafted, and, if so, what is the earliest citation?

We are planning an entry for this. It seems that the first
example we have of this sense is from 1864. (We have an 1825
example of the slang sense 'money'.)

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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