[Ads-l] antedating Curate's Egg (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill CIV (US)]

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OED has 1905 for Curate's egg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curate's_egg


29 Nov 1900 _Times_ of London p 10
"It put one in mind of the curate's egg:-- "Parts of it were excellent, but the rest is --." "

Britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk seems to have a cite from 19 May 1896 from the _Edinburgh Evening News_, but I don't have a subscription and can't get the full quotation.


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