[Ads-l] A method of kissing ass

[Jonathan Lighter]

Similar phrases in HDAS, incl. "in Macy's window."

Or are they under the unpublished lemma "kiss"?

JL

On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 12:29 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> The Condor and the Cows: A South American Travel-diary - Page 90
> https://books.google.com/books?id=BuxBJXm9B6gC
> Christopher Isherwood - 1949 - ‎Snippet view
> "Listen," said Notchey, grinning, "if that's not true, _I'll kiss your ass
> in front of the post office, and I'll give you three weeks to collect the
> crowd_."
>
> There's a colored version, from some, now-forgotten time in the '50's, back
> in the 'hood, that goes like this:
>
> "If [whatever], I'll kiss your ass on the courthouse steps at high noon on
> Friday and give you 45 minutes to draw a crowd."
>  --
> -Wilson
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> come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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