antedating boondock (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

A significant ex. of the Tagalog word in an American English context:

1914 Charles Elliott Currier _In the Early Days: Philippine Sketches_ (N.Y.:
Broadway Pub. Co.) 40: And the principal work was buryin' the dead
ones....And they planted some of 'em out in the _bondocs_, and the dogs an'
animals would dig 'em up.

JL
On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Paul Frank <paulfrank at post.harvard.edu>wrote:

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> I have no idea if GB has misdated these examples:
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> "Sam Williams bought this horse from a Haitian who lived so far back
> in the bundocks that the horse was not at home in the great open
> spaces of the Pan-Am field. " (The Leatherneck: Volume 15, Leatherneck
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> And here is one from 1929, for all I know misdated:
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> On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 6:16 PM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
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> > OED has 1944 for "boondock"/"boondocks" as a noun. Â No entry for verb.
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> > _Augusta [GA] Chronicle_, 2/7/1941 p 3 col 2
> > "Several months there will be spent on the rifle range and devoted to
> > "boondocking". Â These important phases are not possible here.
>  > "Boondocking" is the fashion in which Marines fight in rough country.
> > Ordinarily not a popular pastitme, "boondocking" at present would be a
> > welcome relief to the well-grooved program followed here."
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> > _Cleveland [OH] Plain Dealer_ 4/12/1943 p 11 col 1 [advert for Camel
> > cigarettes]
> > "In the Marines they say:
> > "Walkie-Talkie" ... for signalman with portable 2-way radio set
> > "Boondocks" ... for wild country -- outposts" "
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