antedating (?) "more ways nor one to skin a cat" (1830)
Stephen Goranson
goranson at DUKE.EDU
Wed Oct 3 13:24:51 UTC 2007
1830 Daily National Journal, (Washington, DC) Thursday, November 04,
1830; Issue
3057; Page 2, col D. A Rencounter. Category: Editorial [19th C US N]
[in col.
e]
....Harry is just as sure as that there rifle what never misses; but ye know
there is more ways nor one to skin a cat--....
Stephen Goranson
http://www.duke.edu/~goranson
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