antedating of "yow"

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"Yow" is just a "yeow."
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(OED)

yeow, int.

colloq. (orig. U.S.).
b. An exclamation of shock or pain.
1924  Dialect Notes V. 280  Exclamations in American English... Yeow (surp.,
fear). 1940  Chicago Tribune 17 Mar. (Comics Section) 2/1 Waw! Sob! Wow! Yeow!
1954  E. N. BRIDWELL Batman Feb. 20/2 Yeeow! It's  like a blast furnace! 1969
 C. BURKE  God is Beautiful, Man (1970) 72  Yeow,  it's a ghost! 1989  Best
of Beezer No. 6. 18 Yee-ow!  Straight through the nettle bed! 1990  Sunday Sun
(Brisbane) 20 May (comic  strip section) 65 Yeek! Yeeow! Wooaah! Aarrgh!
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Bismarck Tribune,  The
Yeow-ow-ow-ow!  Yeow-ow-ow-ow! Yeow-ow-ow-ow! Ow-ow! Whoop! paragraph from
Korean
_Friday,  February 15, 1884_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=yeow+AND+date:1884-02-15)  _Bismarck_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=yeow+AND+cityid:2498+AND+stateid:69+AND+range:1875-1904) ,
_North  Dakota_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=yeow+AND+stateid:69+AND+range:1875-1904)
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Star Publications,  The
Yeow! what a noise in the night!  Then came a znan with a went the like that!
Vow
_Thursday,  August 30, 1906_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=yeow+AND+date:1906-08-30)  _Chicago_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=yeow+AND+cityid:5196+AND+stateid:37+AND+range:1905-1909) ,
_Illinois_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=yeow+AND+stateid:37+AND+range:1905-1909)




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