[Ads-l] antedating "smart-assed"

Jonathan Lighter 00001aad181a2549-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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OED: 1957

1950 Robert Lund _Hour of Glory_  (rpt. N.Y.: Cardinal, 1952) 218: The fact
that he was a smart-assed no-good cabron does not matter.

JL


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