"Bloody Mary"; was: "Hispanic or Mexican"; Balderdash & Piffle

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

The reference is: Barry Popik: "Origin of the Bloody Mary Drink in a Parisian Watering Hole for Americans, 1919 or 1921," _Comments on Etymology_, vol. 29, no. 8, May 2000 (sic; not 2001),  pp. 24-27.  As usual, fine work, Barry.
 
Gerald Cohen

Original message from: Barry Popik,  Fri 10/19/2007 8:46 PM
...<snip>
My "Bloody Mary" finding was published in 2001--six years
ago. OED should have had it in its files. The old 1950s "Bloody Mary"
date shouldn't even have made the OED appeals list.
 <snip>

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