[Ads-l] gismo, antedated (?) to May 1939

[Jonathan Lighter]

NIce work, Stephen.

I believe that all early exx. are connected to the USMC.

JL

On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 7:37 AM, Stephen Goranson <goranson at duke.edu> wrote:

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> Leatherneck, May, 1939, page 35 col. 2, Motor Transport, by Looey
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> "Butch Nyden has returned to us [[to Quantico, Va.]] from Shanghai, where
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> e found out that Gin Rickey's aint those two wheel gismos you ride in out
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> here."
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> Stephen Goranson
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