mulligan (OED, n.2, 1936) 1918 _Ogden_ (Utah) _Standard_ 12 Oct. 17/3 (Newspapers.com) If it is a bad ball, "off the wicket," he may take a "mulligan" at it and knock it over the fence, "out of bounds" they call it. Fred Shapiro ------------------------------------------------------------ The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org