"youse guys" in the 1890s.
Jonathan Lighter
wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Thu Jul 8 12:59:35 UTC 2010
1892 *The Morning Call* (S.F.) (Jan. 31) 15 [
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn94052989/1892-01-31/ed-1/seq-15/]:
I’ve bin t’ four uv youse guys t’day.
An anecdote reprinted from the _N.Y. Commercial Advertiser_.
JL
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