Classless (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

Classification:  UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE



>
> HDAS has "no-class," adj., back to 1965, but there's a
> slightly less definitive ex. as long ago as 1897.
>
>   The earliest HDAS ex. of the adjectival form "no-X" that is
> beyond question is "No-Taste theatre-goers," 1908.
>
>   Like the poor, the no-taste are ever with us.
>
>   JL
>

I haven't searched, but wouldn't be surprised if "no-good" doesn't
antedate this.
Classification:  UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

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