[Ads-l] Antedating of "Goof Off"

[Jonathan Lighter]

HDAS (a resource widely underutilized) has a 1941, from Marion Hargrove's
best-selling _See Here, Private Hargrove!_ (pub. July, 1942).

JL

On Sat, Dec 31, 2022 at 2:40 PM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:

> goof off, v. (OED, 1.e., 1952)
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> 1942 Yank 2 Dec. 11  He goofed off somehow.
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> Fred Shapiro
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