more on early "jeeps"

[Jonathan Lighter]

HDAS I includes the phrase, allegedly from WWII but not documented till later.

JL

On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 8:00 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
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> On Dec 8, 2011, at 2:15 AM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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>>> (1) Was the military yardbird basically likened to a domestic bird
>>> (policing the camp for butts etc. like a pecking chicken), or what?
>>>
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>> Could be. I have no idea, though I'm well-acquainted with "post
>> police." ["Start bendin' 'n' pickin'! I don' wanna to see nothin' but
>> assholes 'n' elbows!"]
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> And so much worse for anyone who can't tell the one from the other.
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> LH
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