minor antedating: "bats in his belfry" (1897)

Fri Oct 5 10:06:06 UTC 2007

The North American (Philadelphia, PA) Monday, July 26, 1897; pg. 4; col C
Americanisms (News) [19th C US N]
If you would be up to date don't tell a man he has trolleys in his head; but
impress upon him the fact that he has "bats in his belfry."

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

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