[Ads-l] Drawn and Quoted 1944

[mr_peter_morris@outlook.com]

QI:  A Person Who Makes Puns Should Be Drawn and Quoted
Earliest reference 1961

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2024/05/07/puns-quoted/


Here's a reference from 1944, the title of a newspaper column.
It might be a regular thing that had been running for some time.
I think it's probably deliberate.

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Newspaper_World/acYcAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22drawn+and+quoted%22&dq=%22drawn+and+quoted%22&printsec=frontcover


I think this thing from 1921 is probably not deliberate. But  maybe it is.
The quote marks slightly suggest the  possibility.

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Wisconsin_Library_Bulletin/yCyvAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22drawn+and+quoted%22&pg=PA76&printsec=frontcover

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