[Ads-l] Antedating of "Cool It"

[Shapiro, Fred]

cool it (OED, s.v. cool, v1, P.2, 1952)

1951 New York Amsterdam News 28 July 16 (ProQuest)

Our attention has been called to the fact that another local baseball star seems to be hitting the high spots with a dangerous regularly.  We don't want to call his name because we think he'll be smart enough to take the hint from here and slow down the double candle burning. ... Cool it, my man.

Fred Shapiro


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