[Ads-l] Antedating of "Split," "Split the Scene"

[Shapiro, Fred]

split, split the scene (OED, v. 7., 1956)

1947 Philadelphia Tribune 6 Dec. 5 (ProQuest)  My finers [sic] are tired of tapping out this Remington serenade, so yours truly will as usual split the scene.

1954 Boston Daily Globe 30 Nov. 4/8 (Newspapers.com) Split, split the scene: to run away.

Fred Shapiro

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