Slight antedating of "crew(hair)cut" (1935)
Fred Shapiro
fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Sun Jul 22 21:18:31 UTC 2007
Forget John Hay Whitney. I think it was Gertrude Stein who inspired this.
Here's a slight further antedating:
1935 _N.Y. Times_ 12 May B2 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) They laughed
at her [Gertrude Stein's] crew haircut, her mannish tweeds, her Hawkshaw
hat, her wide, comfortable shoes and her ideas.
Fred Shapiro
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