Antedating of "break a leg" (1940)--correction, now 1925

[Mark Mandel]

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 10:11 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
> "Cut in the Leg" for "(becoming) intoxicated" goes back to 1673,
> according to the OED.

That makes sense in terms of an unsteady gait, common to both situations.

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