[Ads-l] antedating totem pole (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill CIV (US)]

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OED has 1945 for "Low man on the totem pole"


Hagerstown MD _Morning Herald_ 18 Apr 1939 p 4 col 4 [Newspapers.com]
"Bob started a few months ago as low man on the totem pole."


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