"like a herd of turtles"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Wilson, see HDAS sv "big-assed," adj.

Or don't bother. "Take off like a big-assed bird" was in print by 1945.

Otherwise:

1947 _Nashua Telegraph_ (June 27) 10 (NewspArch): Watch 'em take off like a
big bird,

JL


On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 1:49 AM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:

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