[Ads-l] Antedating of "Stiff Upper Lip"

[Shapiro, Fred]

stiff upper lip (OED 1815)

1811 New-York Evening Post 12 Nov. 2/5 (Newspapers.com)

Another letter says, "War is out of the question: but it was resolved in caucus last Sunday evening to look big and keep a stiff upper lip."

Fred Shapiro



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