wet job

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:52:57AM -0400, Dan Goncharoff wrote:
> Have you checked "The Spy Who Came In From the Cold" itself?

I have. There's no relevant example of _wet_ therein.

Jesse Sheidlower

>  I would also check the work of James Mitchell. He wrote a British TV
> series called Callan in the early 70s. The last show made was a reunion
> show in 1981 called "Wet Job".
>
> DanG
>
> On 4/21/2010 3:05 AM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>> The earliest relevant hit I got for "wet job" is from 1980.
>>
>>
>>> Tempo
>>> Pay-Per-View - Chicago Tribune - ProQuest Archiver - Nov 10, 1980
>>> I feel like George Smiley in 'The Spy Who Came in From the Cold.' At
>>> one point when someone asks Smiley if he ll go into East. Germany and
>>> do a wet job ...
>>> Tempo
>>> A CIA agent quits and tells--and now pays and pays
>>> Chicago Tribune (1963-Current file) - Chicago, Ill.
>>> Author: Rogers Worthington
>>> Date: Nov 10, 1980
>>> Start Page: A1
>>> Pages: 2
>>> Section: 2
>>>
>> If I am not mistaken, "Tempo" is the culture section of the Trib, so the
>> title is actually the second line, "A CIA agent quits and tells--and now
>> pays and pays".
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