Hamburger/Steakburger Sandwich, Cheeseburger

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On 10/23/07, RonButters at aol.com <RonButters at aol.com> wrote:
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> What is the earliest "steakburger" that you have found?

Last year I posted a 1934 cite for "steakburger" from S.J. Perelman:

http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0607B&L=ADS-L&P=R3367

Dunno if Barry's beaten that.


--Ben Zimmer

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