beddy-bye; sparrow-crack

[Tom Dalzell]

OED lists as "beddy  byes" with a 1906 earliest usage.

Tom

Jonathan Lighter wrote:

>OED seems to lack an entry. Incredible!:
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>  1921 Ardern Beaman _The Squadroon_ (London: John Lane) 137 [ref. to 1918]: Well, we've got to get up at sparrow crack - train goes at half-five, so I'm for beddy-byes [sic].
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>  "Sparrow-fart" is dated to 1886, but the euphemistic "sparrow-crack" is absent.
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>  JL
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