[Ads-l] Slight antedating of "whip-smart"

[Steven Losie]

WHIP-SMART
OED3 cites the New York Times on 10 Dec 1937. Here is an instance from
earlier that same year:

[begin quote]
As trim and whip-smart a little Japanese diplomat as the Empire could wish
is Mr. Naotake Sato.
[end quote]

Source: TIME magazine (New York, NY), Mar 15, 1937, p.25, col.1
Article title: JAPAN: Sato, Seaman, Geisha
https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,757372,00.html

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