[Ads-l] Antedating of "Come On Like Gang Busters"

[Shapiro, Fred]

come on like gang busters (OED 1939)

1938 Pittsburgh Courier 16 Apr. 20/6 (Newspapers.com)  COMING ON JUST LIKE Gang-Busters.

1938 New York Amsterdam News 26 Nov. 19 (ProQuest)  Charley is only 18 years old but in the last eight years he has "come on like gang-busters" in the realm of sports.

Fred Shapiro



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