pulse-pounding

[Jonathan Lighter]

Nope, not in OED.

1937 _Hammond [Ind.] Times_ (Jan. 4) 10: Red Blooded Adventure Thrill
packed with breath taking excitement, Heart throbbing romance, and pulse
pounding action.  ...  Leo Carrillo as the Roughest Toughest Hombre South
of the Rio Grande   Boy! Can Our Public Enemies Learn a Thing from Him! THE
GAY DESPERADO

Carrillo (1881 - 1961) will be remembered as "Pancho" in _The Cisco Kid_.
According to Wikipedia, he married a young woman named Shakespeare "whom he
met backstage at the New York theater where she had seen him perform."

 JL

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