long walk ...

[Joel S. Berson]

Google Books claims 1947 in Nelson Algren, _The Neon Wilderness_,
page 31 (snippet).  Harvard says 1947 is first edition.

"Try taking a long walk on a short pier one of these days."

Joel

At 5/17/2010 09:05 AM, David Barnhart wrote:
>Yesterday, in the presence of a "friend" I suggested was contemplating a
>long walk.  He said "on a short pier."  The earliest quote I've found for
>that is 1952.  Not all my resources are handy here.  Does anyone have
>earlier evidence?
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>Regards,
>
>David
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>Barnhart at highlands.com
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