The "Big Bad Wolf" and chickens?

[Jonathan Lighter]

Duh indeed. What are they doing with "big bad wolf" but no U.S. "squint"?


JL

On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 1:12 AM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> Duh!! OED lists the 1909 book as the first quotation for Big Bad Wolf.
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> On 3/5/2011 12:38 AM, Garson O'Toole wrote:
> > Yes, and the 1909 work is fun because in one tale the big, bad wolf
> > faces off against three small color-coded cats: black, white, and
> > gray.
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> > There is a hen character in a few stories and a chicken character too,
> > but I do not believe that either appear in a story with the wolf.
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