Chow Hound (1916? 1917?)

[Douglas G. Wilson]

>HDAS has "chow hound" from this cite:
>1917 Marines Magazine (Oct.) 15: Weinstein...keeps unsullied his well-known
>record...as chow hound.
>...
>Google Books appears to show the same cite from 1916. Of course, you can't
>see the entire page, even though the copyright has long expired. Thanks,
>Google
>  Books!
>...
>Is the correct date 1916 or 1917? ....

Might as well ask:

"HDAS shows 1917. I threw some dice and got 443. Is the correct date 1917
or 443?"

Dates returned by Google Books for periodicals are utterly worthless and
should be ignored. Only by internal evidence can one date a Google Books
item, AFAIK.

Great work indeed, Google!

-- Doug Wilson


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