[Ads-l] Antedating of "Goof Off"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
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goof off, v. (OED, 1.e., 1952)

1942 Yank 2 Dec. 11  He goofed off somehow.

Fred Shapiro

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