[Ads-l] by-line (v) (UNCLASSIFIED)

Mullins, Bill CIV (US) william.d.mullins18.civ at MAIL.MIL
Fri Jan 9 20:51:05 UTC 2015


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OED has 1958 for "by-line" as a verb.


_Fantasy Review_ Feb-Mar 1947 p 3
http://efanzines.com/FR/fr01.pdf 
"Rick Ackerman appeared again with "The Timeless Dimension," and "Laughter of the Gods" was by-lined Earl Ellison."

Note the meaning is slightly different than that in the OED; here it means "written by".

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