"jeezum crow"

[Garson O'Toole]

There is another variant spelling "Jeesum Crow" in 1978 (unverified
Google Books match)

The Ohio review, Volume 19 (Volume 19 is dated 1978 according to the U
Florida Gainesville catalog)

http://books.google.com/books?id=ecxQAAAAIAAJ&q=Jeesum#search_anchor

Stephen King's It appeared in 1986.

On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Arnold Zwicky <zwicky at stanford.edu> wrote:
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> On Oct 29, 2010, at 8:07 AM, Jon Lighter wrote:
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>> My only ex. of "Jeezum crow" comes from Stephen King's _It_,
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> and there are other King occurrences.  no surprise, since King is a Mainer.
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>> but GB turns up
>> an apparently authentic English use from 1972.  (At least the book cited was
>> actually published that year.)
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> that would be William Butler's _The Bone House_, right?  (the rest of the GB hits look like they're American). haven't yet been able to find out more about the author or the book, though.
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> arnold
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