Antedatings in The Yale Book of Quotations - 34: Rock the Boat

[Fred Shapiro]

rock the boat (OED 1931)

1909 _N.Y. Times_ 19 Feb. 8 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)  Don't rock
the boat.

Fred Shapiro


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