[Ads-l] A.Word.A.Day--patsy

[Jonathan Lighter]

You'll both be so happy to learn that the "Patsy Bolivar" origin was slated
to appear in HDAS III via Gerry's '97 publication.

Peter has added considerably to Gerry's presentation of the development of
the word "patsy."


JL

On Sat, Jul 30, 2022 at 2:05 PM Peter Reitan <pjreitan at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I did a deep dive into "Patsy" from the character "Patsy Bolivar" recently.
>
> https://esnpc.blogspot.com/2019/11/patsy-bolivar-in-school-innocent.html<
> https://esnpc.blogspot.com/2019/11/patsy-bolivar-in-school-innocent.html?m=1
> >
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