[Ads-l] antedating of U.S. "leatherneck"

[Jonathan Lighter]

 Way early:

1891 _Manhattan [Kans.] Mercury_  (Oct. 7) 3 [Newspapers.com]: UNITED
STATES MARINE. Jolly Jack Has Contempt for the Sea Soldier. ...
Next to Marryat, Dickens appeals most to the sympathies of the
"leather-necks," as the shell-backs call them. ..."They kin do 'most
anything with a gun, 'cept shoot with it," [said one sailor].



JL

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