[Ads-l] antedating "gook"

[Jonathan Lighter]

1921 _Daily Astorian_  [Astoria, Ore.] (July 28) 8 [Newspapers.com]: The
festive Gook [Filipino] who posed for the camera made a good living from
such tailoring.

JL

On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 8:03 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
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> 1918 _The Marines Magazine_  (Jan.) 41: H. D., 2d Regt., 1st Prov. Brigade
> [Haiti]..."Freddie" Morgan, another "Hello girl" ['telephone
> operator']...had to hire about six "Gooks" to carry all the packages he
> received from Sears and Roebuck.
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> JL
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