to "spit-shine"

[Wilson Gray]

True. But you can often double-check by looking the title up at one of
the bookstoress cited in the list of places available, especially if
it's at Amazon. Such a search once saved me from buying a memoir of
serrvice in the Army Security Agency that contained not a single
reference to the Army Language School.

The next time that I attempt to document an antedating of
"spit-shine," I'll make it a point to conduct a similar search before
going public! ;-)

-Wilson

On 3/3/07, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Yes, I spoke too soon. Not only does the "snippet view" fail to show the 1943 "spit-shine," it includes ref. to a book published in 1989.
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>   A "Google twist" to be sure.
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>   JL
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> "Douglas G. Wilson" <douglas at NB.NET> wrote:
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> >Here's an earlier one.
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> >Monthly Checklist of State Publications - Page 1105
> >by Library of Congress. Exchange and Gift Division, Library of
> >Congress. Acquisitions Dept, Library of Congress. Division of
> >Documents - _1943_
> >_Spit-shine_ and double-time: — 'I ...
>
> One must be careful with the Google Books search; sometimes the date is
> very wrong, and one can't tell because there is no good page view.
>
> -- Doug Wilson
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