[Ads-l] Slight Antedating of "Fifth Column"

[Shapiro, Fred]

fifth column (OED 1936 [17 Oct.])

1936 _Ottawa Journal_ 10 Oct. 1/7 (Newspapers.com)  The Socialist newspaper Informaciones, caused a sensation in Madrid by asserting Fascists had claimed assistance, during the final drive, from a "fifth column inside the capital."

Fred Shapiro

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org