[Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Loose Cannon"

[Shapiro, Fred]

loose cannon (OED 1977)

1973 Richard M. Nixon Telephone Conversation 15 Apr. in Chicago Tribune 1 May 121/2 (1974)  Dean out there is a loose cannon.

Fred Shapiro

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