[Ads-l] pinch a loaf

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

The Usenet archive is difficult (for me) to search, but here is an
instance in September 1990:

Timestamp: 13 Sep 1990 01:56:06 GMT
Newsgroups: rec.humor
From: @acsu.buffalo.edu (marc g boffardi)
Subject: oh sh**!

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.humor/UqWr-wJWpKU/FC1o8MDxyagJ

[Begin excerpt]
Now how about some sh!tting synonyms?  I'll start:
 . . .
pinch a loaf
[End excerpt]

On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 8:44 AM, Charles C Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:
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> HDAS, s.v. loaf.  From 1991.
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> --Charlie
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> I see this on Wiktionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pinch_a_loaf) =3D
> but not on the Oxford Dictionary site. No idea how long it=3DE2=3D80=3D99s =
> =3D
> been around, but it=3DE2=3D80=3D99s not new.
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> Benjamin Barrett
> Formerly of Seattle, WA=3D
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