[Ads-l] Antedating of "Get a Kick Our of"

[Shapiro, Fred]

get a kick out of (OED, kick, n.1, 2.c., 1928; Green 1921)

1917 San Francisco Examiner 12 Dec, 13/3 (Newspapers.com)

Moose Taussig ... no longer gets a "kick" out of the passing crowds and jitneys and he wants to move on to new fields and faces.

Fred Shapiro

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