antedating (?) "Johnny-on-the-spot" (1894)

Wed Oct 3 13:01:54 UTC 2007

OED has 1896

1894 The Penny Press, (Minneapolis, MN) Friday, December 21, 1894; Issue 57;
Page 1, col C
     Pay up or Quit
Firemen Who Are Not Johnny on the Spot Must Go. Category: News [19th C US
Newspapers]

Stephen Goranson
http://www.duke.edu/~goranson

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