"rave" in Variety or earlier? (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

In college, guys got the most dates if they looked like Heidelberg Man.

  (The caveman, not the university chancellor.)

  JL

Jesse Sheidlower <jester at PANIX.COM> wrote:
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On Fri, Jul 06, 2007 at 02:57:41PM -0500, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC wrote:
> Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
> Caveats: NONE
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> While searching for pre-1926 uses of "rave", I ran across the following.
> It's not relevant to your question, but does bear repeating.
>
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> July 1 1921 _Variety_ p. 17. col 2.
> "Her "cute" stuff, with impressions of a soubret, "Rough Neck Tillie,"
> who craved cave-man love, and a French maid bit composed the first
> portion of the routine."
>
> Is "cave-man love" cited in OED?

No, but several of the examples under _cave-man_ make clear
that such a person was a typical object of romantic interest
from women.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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