"put you hep" 1903 (antedating?)

[Wilson Gray]

On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 7:50 AM, Stephen Goranson <goranson at duke.edu> wrote:
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> Whether this is an antedating (it's earlier than OED), I'm not sure.
> Both are from The Evening World (New York) via Library of Congress, in the column, "THE MAN HIGHER UP"
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> July 6, 1903 v. 44, right column
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> "Allow me, please, to put you hep to this oceanside thing...."
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> http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1903-07-06/ed-1/seq-10/;words=you+hep?date1=1902&date2=1903&searchType=advanced&language=&proxdistance=5&state=New+York&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=+you+hep&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&index=1
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> Nov. 25, 1903, right column
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> "....With your kind permission and attention I'll put you hep to the finish."
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> http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1903-11-25/ed-1/seq-8/;words=you+hep?date1=1902&date2=1903&searchType=advanced&language=&proxdistance=5&state=New+York&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=+you+hep&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&index=0
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I can't read the original. But, IMO, that's definitely correct use.

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