[Ads-l] Antedating of "Sex Kitten"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
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sex kitten (OED 1958)

1952 Corpus Christi Caller-Times 1 Apr. 8B/4 (Newspapers.com)

A wax figure of the French sex kitten [Brigitte Bardot] was cleared.

Fred Shapiro

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