[Ads-l] Antedating of "Laid-Back" (Figurative)

[Shapiro, Fred]

laid-back (OED, figurative, 1973)

1968 Helix 5 Dec. 5/1 (JSTOR)

Having long wished in the laid-back ambiance of the Last Exit Wednesday nite, the poet-revolutionaries will plunge by elevator to the hi colonic of the HUB>

Fred Shapiro

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