Flying Fuck (1932)?

[James Harbeck]

>When I questioned whether the omitted word could have been "leap", I
>was only commenting in the light of a possible entry in the
>OED.  Presumably, if the F-word does not actually appear in the
>_Scarface_ script, the utterance is not eligible.

I have to agree, alas. Suggestive, but not unambiguous. A hound of
the Baskervilles. But it does give succour to those who hope to find
usable citations from that time period.

James Harbeck.

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