"Fanny" in US English (1922)

[Douglas G. Wilson]

This one looks pretty solid, although it's from Google Books:

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Noel Coward, _Terribly Intimate Portraits_ (Boni and Liveright, New York,
1922): p. 196:

[Story: "Ah! Ah! Queen of the Rude Islands"]

<<Ah! Ah!'s childhood was spent running completely wild with her three
sisters "Beaoui" (meaning "Heavens Above"), "Sua-sua" (meaning "Shut your
Face") and young "Goop" (meaning in American "Park your Fanny" and in
English, "Sit Down").>>

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-- Doug Wilson


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