[Ads-l] wisecrack, 1905/6

[Stephen Goranson]

Quite right. Thank you for the correction.
Another try, copyright 1904. NYC.
Bowery Life, by Chuck Conners. Unnumbered page.

"Cut it out, Sis, an' lissen ter er wise crack."

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Subject: Re: wisecrack, 1905/6

Interesting lead, sg. The Google Books (GB) database can be confusing,
as you know.
GB sometimes combines two volumes into one volume. The phrases:
"wisecrack of the smart set" and "wise-crack has become" appear in a
1929 book that has been appended to the 1906 book.

Year: 1929 Copyright
Book Title: Adventurous America
Author: Edwin Mims
Page 13 and 143

On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 4:48 PM Stephen Goranson
<0000179d4093b2d6-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:
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> American Character, by Brander Matthews pub. NY,1906, from 1905 lectures?,
> p.13:
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> "I cannot be satisfied with the attitude of the defeatist or the futilitarian, nor can I believe that the wisecrack of the smart set is the acme of human wisdom."
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> Also, p. 143, "The wise-crack has become for many the height of wisdom."
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