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

[mr_peter_morris@outlook.com]

Does this count?

New York Times Magazine
June 25th 1972

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Hearings/qUwgAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22a+loose+cannon%22+-%22You+cannot+kill+it%22&pg=RA6-PA298&printsec=frontcover

"A great nation such as Japan, rootless and turned in on itself
could be an unpredictable force in world politics, threatening the 
stability
of the Far East like a loose canon on a ship in high seas."



------ Original Message ------
From "Shapiro, Fred" <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU>
To ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Date 08/09/2024 18:45:51
Subject Further Antedating of "Loose Cannon"

>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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