Antedating of "sheesh" [1955]

[Bonnie Taylor-Blake]

On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at gmail.com> wrote:

> Variety has a slightly earlier example...
>
> "Top 30 Songs on TV ... Sheesh, What a Grouch. Jaglea."
> Variety, 23 Feb 1955, p. 42
>
> The same listing appears in the 26 Feb 1955 issue of Billboard:
> http://books.google.com/books?id=QxkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA46

Thanks for that (including Art Carney singing), Ben.  As a side note,
I have absolutely lost patience with searching Google Books (and
Google News) these days, so I doubly appreciate your finding "sheesh"
in back issues of Billboard.

-- Bonnie

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