"Nosey Parker" 1890?

[Douglas G. Wilson]

>At the risk of exposing myself to trusting Google Books too much,
>supposedly the term "Nosey Parker" is only found from 1907.
>
>http://books.google.com/books?id=FUFJAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA81&dq=%22nosey+parker%22+date:1850-1908&as_brr=0#PPA81,M1
>shows an 1890 cite.
>
>Comments?

Looks OK to me. I guess it's found from 1890.

-- Doug Wilson


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