Antedating of "sheesh" [1955] (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill CIV (US)]

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On
> Behalf Of Bonnie Taylor-Blake
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2014 9:54 AM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: Antedating of "sheesh" [1955]
>
> 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.
>

Both of these used to be quite useful, and much more user-friendly than
they are now.  I wonder why Google is hobbling them so.


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