[Ads-l] locomotives as female

[Amy West]

On 4/21/15 12:00 AM, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
> Date:    Mon, 20 Apr 2015 17:20:25 -0400
> From:    Jonathan Lighter<wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: locomotives as female
>
> OED's earliest "she" for a ship is from Barbour's_Bruce_  of 1375.
>
> JL
Thanks for doing my homework for me. :-) That early does surprise me.

---Amy West

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