bogart (verb) antedated (?) to 1965

Stephen Goranson goranson at DUKE.EDU
Sat Dec 22 15:03:22 UTC 2012


Ebony v. 20 no. 5, March 1965, page 98:

Youths Compile Slang Book to Develop Writing Skills
[Chicago]
.... Bogart: to muscle through— as in "Dig up, let's grab a boss broad and bogart our way into a boss jam."....

http://books.google.com/books?id=_-ADAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA98&dq=%22and+bogart%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=g8bVUJO7OZDg8ASh44HoCw&ved=0CEMQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22and%20bogart%22&f=false

Stephen Goranson
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