Antedatings of "everything but the kitchen sink [or stove]"

Tue Oct 22 14:59:05 UTC 2013

This leaves the rest of us fiercely competitive antedaters with
nothing to look for ... except the kitchen sink (or stove).

Joel

At 10/22/2013 08:17 AM, Hugo wrote:
>"Everything but the kitchen sink" and similar phrases, OED has 1948.
>
>"Everything but the kitchen stove" can be found back to 1913 and
>appears more common in the 1910s than "kitchen sink" from 1914. I
>found just three sinks in Chronicling America compared to some 17 stoves.
>
>Chronicling America only goes up to 1922. Trove and Papers Past show
>both variants were used in Australia and New Zealand before WWII,
>and both were also in the Manchester Guardian in the 1930s.
>
>Here's three of each.
>
>---
>
>EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN STOVE
>
>The evening world., November 17, 1913, Final Edition, Image 3:
>
>[Begin]
>All of which is prefatory to saying that the Horse Show is just
>about the most distinguished assemblage of well-dressed people that
>these United States can produce. Of course some of the women have
>oneverything but the kitchen stove (this is being written by a man)
>and some of the men bat less than .003 when It comes to a coat or a
>waistcoat but, as a gathering of thousands, the Horse Show sessions
>afford one an opportunity to see not only the last cry but the very
>best taste in personal adornment, masculine and feminine.
>[End]
>
>http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1913-11-17/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=1836&sort=date&date2=1922&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=1&words=everything+kitchen+stove&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=everything+but+the+kitchen+stove&phrasetext=everything+but+the+kitchen+stove&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1
>
>---
>
>The Washington times., June 19, 1914, HOME EDITION, Image 3 by
>Florence E. Yoder:
>
>[Begin]
>He completely lost his head in the sixteenth century, and wore
>everything but the kitchen stove, and today--yes, long suffering
>women, rejoice--today he promises to array himself once more in
>those colors which stamp him unmistakably and irrevocably as the VAIN MALE.
>[End]
>
>http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1914-06-19/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=1836&sort=date&date2=1922&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=2&words=everything+kitchen+stove&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=everything+but+the+kitchen+stove&phrasetext=everything+but+the+kitchen+stove&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1
>
>---
>
>The sun., October 18, 1916, Page 13, Image 13, boxing headline:
>
>[Begin]
>DILLON UNABLE TO DROP TIM O'NEILL
>Hits Him With Everything Except Kitchen Stove, but Celt Lasts Limit.
>[End]
>
>http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030431/1916-10-18/ed-1/seq-13/#date1=1836&sort=date&date2=1922&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=3&words=Everything+Kitchen+Stove&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=everything+but+the+kitchen+stove&phrasetext=everything+but+the+kitchen+stove&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1
>
>---
>
>EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK
>
>The Washington times., February 20, 1914, Last and Home Edition,
>Page 7, Image 7, "Jerry Foley is Real Hard-Luck Champion":
>
>[Begin]
>Having "blown in" his savings on a complete new set of scenery,
>Jerry was logged out this day like a circus horse. He had on
>everything but the kitchen sink and the door mat.
>[End]
>
>http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1914-02-20/ed-1/seq-7/#words=everything+sink+kitchen&date1=1836&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&proxdistance=5&date2=1922&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Everything+but+the+kitchen+sink&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&index=1
>
>---
>
>New-York tribune., February 19, 1919, Page 5, Image 5, advert for Macy's:
>
>[Begin]
>Pots and Pans!
>To say nothing of rolling pins, clothes baskets, wash boilers,
>percolators, casseroles, I towel bars, cloth ventilators, china, cut
>glass, earthenware -- well, in fact everything but the kitchen sink
>is included in this
>[End]
>
>http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1919-02-19/ed-1/seq-5/#words=everything+sink+kitchen&date1=1836&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&proxdistance=5&date2=1922&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Everything+but+the+kitchen+sink&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&index=0
>
>(I just noticed Barry Popik posted this one in 2003.)
>
>---
>
>New-York tribune., August 27, 1922, Page 2, Image 62, "Better Late
>Than Never" by W.E. Hill:
>
>[Begin]
>"Well, peoples, the first hundred years is the hardest, they say! We
>should worry." Howell
>is the original comic boy. Just LISTEN to him! Pretty soon he will
>be saying that Mrs.
>So-and-So had "everything on but the kitchen sink." Maybe you've
>guessed it by this time.
>Yes, Howell is one of those unfortunate jokers who never quite catch
>up with the current
>gibe and jest. Two years from now Howell will probably be talking on
>"Mad Money" and
>"Finale Hopper."
>
>This suggests the phrase was already considered old hat by then, and
>it was at least 10 years old and had even been used in a Macy's ad.
>
>http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1922-08-27/ed-1/seq-62/#date1=1836&sort=date&date2=1922&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=16&words=everything+kitchen+sink&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=everything+the+kitchen+sink&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1
>
>---
>
>Hugo
>
>
>
>
> > Date:    Thu, 17 Oct 2013 08:23:19 -0400
> > From:    Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> > Subject: Re: Trench Journals and Unit Magazines of the First World War
> >
> > Of the items suggested by Hugo, I prophesy that these will *not* be
> > antedated from the 1914-18 papers:
> >
> > shit hits the fan
> > out of left field
> > egg in your beer
> > SNAFU
> > skinny
> > FUBAR
> > klick
> > bimble
> >
> > I have a 1942 "kitchen sink." I doubt that it can be found in print much
> > earlier.
> >
> > The best bets are "cootie" and "oojah." (The latter is British only.)
> >
> > In spite of an ad hoc ex. from the Civil War, "the brass" is poorly
> > documented before WWII. There's no linguistic reason why it shouldn't have
> > existed in WW1 (because of the long established "brass hat.")
> >
> > "Clobber" in the US sense offers a remote possibility.
> >
> > Of course, *any* item with a known primary date before 1930 or so is a
> > candidate.
> >
> > "Klick" in particular (originally spelled "click") seems not to have
> > existed before the 1960s.
>
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